I’m watching Apocalypse in the Tropics documentary on Netflix about evangelicals and politics in Brazil and it’s mind boggling. Why do the religious people just blindly do whatever the pastors tell them?

  • Veidenbaums@lemmy.ml
    19·
    6 days ago

    2 Corinthians 5:7

    For we live by faith, not by sight.

    The whole concept of faith implies believing something without proof. Not a long stretch to see how people might believe in other, non religious, things without evidence.

    • ChexMax@lemmy.world
      14·
      6 days ago

      And not just without proof, but to ignore proof if you see it!

      Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

      And

      Proverbs 28:26 26 Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        21·
        6 days ago

        I think what proverbs is saying is less about evidence and moreso about following your heart and being arrogant.

        John 20:25-28 ESV

        So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 days ago

      It’s the modern Scheister equivalent of “Trust me bro!”

      Religion has a build in self defense mechanism as that it will prime people to expect people to call them fools for believing foolish things, so it actually serves to strengthen their faith. “See, pastor told me they’d come for my relationship with God!”

      All of this relies heavily on getting into people when they are young and their brains are still developing.

      People do not understand how deeply religion gets ingrained and how damaging it is.

      You’ll have adults that have left the faith, because they’ve seen the bullshit that it is that are still afraid of hell because they’ve been bombarded with this shit since they could talk.