Thread by @delventotime, Intriguing study - “Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than [...]

Intriguing study - “Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs”

It shows that religious peoples “morality “it’s just what they think is right and wrong in their head. Fluid and changing with time https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19955414/

Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs...

People often reason egocentrically about others' beliefs, using their own beliefs as an inductive guide. Correlational, experimental, and neuroimaging evidence suggests that people may be even more...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19955414/

More studies coming:

Atheists don’t score any different than believers given moral dilemmas https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20149715/

The origins of religion: evolved adaptation or by-product? - PubMed

Considerable debate has surrounded the question of the origins and evolution of religion. One proposal views religion as an adaptation for cooperation, whereas an alternative proposal views religion...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20149715/

Very thorough piece here. “Where do our morals come from?” Religion - no. Genetics and culture.

Being right because of a invisible being from a book that plans to reward you in an afterlife, is not a logical set of morals. This is human instinct.

https://theconversation.com/amp/religion-does-not-determine-your-morality-97895

This is not a new debate. Is “divine command theory” really better? The debate is as old as Plato

Religion doesn’t make people more moral, study finds

https://www.livescience.com/amp/47799-morality-religion-political-beliefs.html

“Are religious people more moral”

https://theconversation.com/amp/are-religious-people-more-moral-84560

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