Observable religious commitment signals produce trust among believers

Evidence

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? — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 52

Categorization

• XREF: The fumi-e trampling ritual is precisely an ‘outward sign of commitment’ weaponized in reverse — forcing a visible apostasy signal that destroys trust rather than builds it. Directly feeds the reader’s analytical question about disrupting religious solidarity.
• QUESTION: Why exactly nonbelievers are distrusted despite being neither cohesive nor visible is flagged as ‘overlooked’ — worth checking the empirical answer by the time the reader reaches the later chapters.