This study was studying the bias itself. It may not be precise, but then, psychology is essentially unquantifiable. If the "show of hands" cited is any example, there is a lot of wiggle room in their findings.
LOL.. So true. Problem is, the same is true for many here at FR. They can preach to the choir all day long. But have their thoughts been tested in the realm of reality.
My thoughts below might appear to be independent and not logically linked. This was purposely done so those with eyes and ears can read between the lines.
In times of chaos, people tend to become fearful and become very conservative, even legalistic conservative. I did like the term compassionate conservatism when W. started using it.
Bottom line is that “freedom” is necessary for spiritual growth. In today’s society, with short term thinking, surrender to the gov’t as though it is a drug pusher sucking us in, and then give people all the pharmacological treatments so they lose their ability to resolve conflicts and deal with life, we are a society of drones headed on a one way trip to a hard crash to wake us up.
Freedom is necessary as you cannot surrender to God that which you have already surrendered to the government, i.e. you have no authority over yourself to surrender within.
Sorry to say, we have no room for God when we are full of ourselves either!
It’s easy to understand why communism cannot tolerate the existence of religion as it needs to become the religion in order to survive. This is why O’Bummer is doing his act right now.
In stage hypnotism, you destabilize emotions and then enhance them into a focal point while you distract and take over a person’s will. We are right now in a period of destabilization. Next will come the common enemy and extreme emotion, and soon the hook will be set!