A religious upbringing in childhood is linked to poorer mental and cognitive health in later life The long-term health effects of a religious childhood are not uniform, a new study of older Europeans finds. On average, the experience is linked to poorer self-rated health, though the association di...

#Parents & ⛪️ #teachers as authority figures threatening kids that there is a mercurial, all-powerful invisible "friend" that will cast you into eternal 🔥 if you do not submit to him is kind of evil & definitely #developmentally toxic.
#ToxicReligiosity
#ToxicReligion
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/past...
Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids
Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism […]

Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ex-pastor at Pete Hegseth’s church calls for public executions and says Bible backs Ice raids
Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism
#hegseth #news #ToxicReligiosity #nutjobs