Hi there fellow learners! Welcome back to All Out Bible Ministry. Let’s talk for a minute about being ignorant on purpose.
You remember me talking on the “Start Here” page about Bible Zombies:
“The first one: “Bible Zombies”. They lurch through life, Bible in hand, endlessly repeating the things their pastor tells them. They’re intellectually lazy and have no interest in going outside their comfort zone. They want information handed to them.”
Now, according to a study, it turns out part of that is because of selfishness.
“We discovered that willful ignorance is common and harmful, with 40 percent of people choosing “not to know” the consequences of their actions to free themselves of guilt while maximizing their own gains.” And then later:
“Across all studies, we found that when participants were told the consequences of their choices—the transparent setting—the majority (55 percent) chose the altruistic option. That is, they gave up a part of their earnings to share equally with their partner. The remaining 45 percent knowingly kept a bigger payout at a cost to their partner.”
The article goes on to look into why people choose to actively avoid information. Basically, it comes down to a direct benefit to them. Which brings up the question: what is the direct benefit of hating LGBTQ people for the Bible zombies who refuse to learn? Keeping their place in “us vs them”? Reinforcing their own heterosexuality if they think it’s unstable?
Just something to think about.
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