Big God omniscience is not automatically and constantly effective on behavior

Evidence

At first glance, the idea that religious reminders decrease dishonesty and increase generosity, cooperation, and costly or altruistic punishment seems somewhat strange. Shouldn’t believers always be more generous and cooperative than their nonbelieving counterparts? If Big Gods are omniscient and monitor people 24/7, why are religious people not acting according to their religious beliefs even without such reminders? — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 148

Categorization

• XREF: Explains why Father Rodrigues’s devout interiority is not enough absent public ritual reminders — the believer’s state is fragile.