> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired.

> By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. I have yet to find a strongly dogmatic tradition where this doesn't apply, religious or not. Many intellectuals also fit your description, you just have to find the right context. Despite what they might say outloud, most people (including many who identify as intellectual or rational) are not looking for truth, but rather confirmation for their dear held beliefs. Beliefs they're sometimes unaware that they hold, but around which rest the foundations of a sizable part of their identity. An expensive investment. Nobody wants to be told, "yeah, you were doing it wrong all these years". Better people find out after we've passed. In that context, research is a gamble, a risk, as each truth invalidates multiple wrongs. Very upsetting.