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Simon Paynton posted an update 8 months, 1 week ago
According to Joseph Henrich (“The Weirdest People in the World”):
The higher the percentage of people who believe in a contingent afterlife (hell and heaven) in a country, the lower the murder rate. By contrast, the greater the percentage of people who believe only in heaven, the higher the murder rate. That’s right, believing only in heaven is associated with more murder.
Interesting. Does the sociological sampling include organizations like ISIS/ISIL, or would one’s belief in “contingent afterlife” vary across belief systems?
I’m not arguing against the premise in general, because I think it makes sense. But since the ultimate judge is most commonly considered to be God, then what people consider God/Allah to want is probably part of the equation wrt how one considers how they can and should behave, right?
Ditto for Karma.
(OMG [sic], and what about the views of atheistic Jews?)
Atheistic Jews? Why Jews? Why not atheistic Greeks? Or atheists? Do Jews have to be singled out as nonhumans in every way possible?
Side-note, have to wonder if Trump considers virgins to be a perk (kinda rhymes with perp) in an afterlife.
I think it varies across belief systems, but after controlling for everything else, it’s the threat of hell and not the promise of heaven that keeps people in line.
I see what you mean. Do Isis believe in hell? They obviously don’t think it’s a sin to kill infidels.