Scientific evidence suggests that fear of divine punishment encourages social cooperation

Scientific evidence suggests that fear of divine punishment encourages social cooperation

 

Vanuatu beach scene
A beach in Vanuatu
(Wikimedia Commons)

 

“Religion,” the late Christopher Hitchens loved to assert, “poisons everything.”

 

It was a silly statement.

 

And now along comes still more (redundant) evidence that Mr. Hitchens was spectacularly wrong:

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-11/fear-of-god-helped-societies-expand-study-finds/7155696

 

Posted from Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii

 

 


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