High authoritarians condemn others despite professing Jesus’ do-not-judge teaching, regardless of stated belief

Evidence

Twenty Christian Highs said we should take the teachings literally. Twentyseven other Christian Highs said we should judge and punish others, but none of them explained how they reconciled this view with Jesus’ teachings. Apparently, they “believed” both (contradictory) things. But the kicker came when I looked at various measures of authoritarian aggression I had gathered from these students. No matter what they said they believed, both these groups of Highs were quick with the stones on the Attitudes toward Homosexuals Scale, the Ethnocentrism Scale, and Posse-Homosexuals (EOF, pp. 222-224). — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1221

Categorization

• XREF: Empirical finding connecting to Jonathan Haidt’s moral psychology and to studies of religious hypocrisy and prejudice.