#atheismexplained — Public Fediverse posts

What factors predict #atheism?
- rebellious trolling
- reflective thinking

How about #theism?
- believing it is "normatively" important for people to be religious
- childhood socialization (not so for atheists!)

@connairrussell'a presentation was clearer and tighter than the one I shared from the #AtheismExplained conference earlier this week.

Follow Connair to be alerted when Connair's data, #rStats, and shiny app become #openAccess:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Connair_Russell

#psychology #religion #xPhi #God

In the #Religiosity and #Thinking session, I'm sharing different aspects of the new #data I presented Wednesday (at #AtheismExplained, see top post in thread):

In addition to the aforementioned findings, we found that #spirituality correlated with #reflection test performance LESS reliably than #religiosity (and #apostasy) did: https://nerdculture.de/@ByrdNick/112683095691417678

On Wednesday, I posted 2 of the other 3 talks in today's session (Omid's and Nori's). So below I'll post only about the new one by Meara Geraty.

As #AtheismExplained ends, let's review common findings:

Predictors of religious belief and/or practice:
- Having religious parents
- Bring in a religious #community
- Social #conservatism, right-leaning #politics
- Unreflective thinking

Predictors (and causes?) of #atheism, #apostasy:
- Reflective thinking
- Financial security
- Exposure to #diversity of people, ideas

Thx to Claire Berlyn and Allen [Surname?] for organizing!

The website: https://www.explainingatheism.org

#religion #psychology #xPhi