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Even self-professed believers intuit God as mainly monitoring negative moral acts

Even self-professed believers intuit God as mainly monitoring negative moral acts

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

Even self-professed believers intuit God as mainly monitoring negative moral acts

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  • Costly displays distinguish sincere believers from fakers
  • Faith in God and faith in government substitute for each other
  • Interests crystallize into perceived moral commitments through psychological supervenience.
  • Priming thoughts of God makes believers favor their own religious group
  • The Church's moral language structured who counted as monstrous others