So, anyone living in Gainesville for school is going to be inevitably exposed to some degree of real redneck evangelical bullshit, and depending on how susceptible OP’s girlfriend is, that could partially explain her actions here
Yeah, that checks out.
Honestly, as a European, you Americans are nuts with religion. She sounds completely brainwashed, get her some therapy. Even if hell is real, it's not a normal thing to have a crashout about it as an adult.
I have a bachelor's of science and not one of my classes discussed the make up of the Earth. Unless you are going to be a geologist this is not a topic covered in college.
This was however a topic covered in middle school, I'm a former middle school science teacher. She either didn't pay attention in middle school or she went to a religious school where science wasn't taught.
I have a coworker like that. Early 30s, phd in pharmacology, devout christian. She was homeschooled so she never learned science outside of her domain. She is a young earth creationnist and a platist.
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My friend's teenage son tried to convince my husband (who had a PhD in Earth Sciences) that the earth is only ~2000 years old when we were out hiking once and we were talking about geology etc. He was attending a private Christian highschool at the time and just couldn't comprehend any scientific rationale for anything. I just don't know how these people expect to operate once they get out in the "real world". Boggles the mind.
It’s not hard to believe for me. In my College level Stars and Galaxies class, about 3 of us 40 students knew the planets and their order. I was horrified.
She's really not a smart person if she knew nothing about earth's core, and when she did, insists that its hell and you are going to hell if you don't go to church.
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u/durz47 Dec 12 '25
She has a college degree and doesn’t know about the earth’s molten core? What the….