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Anecdotally, I was raised in a non-religious home, in a community that remains to this day very religious. Other kids had the correctness of the Bible hammered into their heads and struggled to accept language that contradicted it. Granted this is through the lens of time, but I vividly remember one kid reacting very strongly to a comic book, as if it's very existence meant reality itself was about to implode.
On the other hand, I was exposed to multiple STEM topics early and had it explained that experimentation leading to discovery are the way.
I'm not saying religious thinkers are idiots. I've met religious folks that are wicked smart in STEM topics. But in my experience, they too were still encouraged to question, not just accept it, and largely raised under the modern Church acceptance of evolution and the like.
Where I'm going is the restricted access to varied language early on impacts this? It seems to fit too with rural areas, small villages, heavily favoring a local slang and "way". Reducing access to alternate "language" (it may still be English, but language of a very narrow scope)?
Does anyone know if this is a researched topic?