Believers hold fluctuating and conflicting beliefs about divine punishment

Evidence

The third piece of evidence supporting supernatural monitoring deserves deeper discussion, because it has wide-ranging implications for human behavior and society. This evidence takes into account the fact that believers have different, and often fluctuating, opinions about supernatural punishment and rewards. This is also reflected in conflicting scriptural claims about God’s temperament. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 162

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Believers hold fluctuating, conflicting views of God’s temperament — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 162; Confident believers often lack the ability to articulate their own beliefs — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 860; People hold logically contradictory beliefs when elements aren’t subjectively linked. (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Believers hold fluctuating, conflicting views of God’s temperament — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 162; Confident believers often lack the ability to articulate their own beliefs — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 860; People hold logically contradictory beliefs when elements aren’t subjectively linked. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Believers hold fluctuating, conflicting views of God’s temperament #corroborates (0.93) — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 162
• Some religious believers approach faith as open-ended questioning that resists pat answers #complicates (0.73) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2037