Belief in all-knowing, punitive gods aided the growth of human societies, study says
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 19:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Belief in moral-watching, all-knowing, punitive gods might have helped human societies grow far beyond small, close-knit groups, a new study shows. Researchers who ran an experiment with a total of 591 people in eight different small-scale societies around the world found that people who believed...