• hanekam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It is a core feature of most religions that

    1. There are hidden forces at work in the world
    2. The workings of these hidden forces are more important than the processes we can see, and follow a grand plan

    This belief is strikingly similar to conspiratorial worldviews, and the likelihood of subscribing to QAnon and other conspiracy theories rises substantially with increasing religiosity.

    They’re not the same thing, but they are definitely related