Believers extend more trust to people showing God commitment

Evidence

Chapter 4 delves into this connection between prosocial religions and trust. If thoughts of a watchful God make people cooperate with each other, then outward signs of commitment to God induce greater levels of mutual trust among religious believers. Where does this leave nonbelievers, who do not think that they are being watched by a supernatural police? Why are atheists distrusted in societies with religious majorities, even though they are not a cohesive or even a visible group? Chapters 4 and 5 build on the argument in this book and bring to light an overlooked but widespread prejudice tied to religion. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Outward signs of commitment that build trust directly speak to the fumi-e logic: enforced public apostasy destroys credibility signals, which is exactly the reader’s ‘disrupt religious solidarity’ mechanism. — connects to: Observable religious commitment signals produce trust among believers — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 52; Religious commitment to rival gods still signals trustworthiness to believers and even nonbelievers — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 224; Believers extend trust to outgroup members who hold any moralizing gods (+8 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Observable religious commitment signals produce trust among believers — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 52; Religious commitment to rival gods still signals trustworthiness to believers and even nonbelievers — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 224; Believers extend trust to outgroup members who hold any moralizing gods (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Observable religious commitment signals produce trust among believers #expands (0.96) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 52
• Religious commitment signals are credible when they are hard to fake, not necessarily costly #complicates (0.74)