Moralistic gods

The past was very violent. A large scientific data suggest that narcissistic traits may be positivelly correlated with a reproductively adaptive strategy in the past and now and that humans have the natural tendency to not have concern, sometimes even prejudice, for the outgroup.

Studies "have found that in small-scale societies, “local gods” (LGs) usually care about ritual, ingroup cooperation, and ecological challenges" and do not correlate with concern by distant groups.

"Whereas in large-scale societies, “moralizing gods” (MGs) are more concerned with prosociality" and better correlated with ingroup concern and outgroup prejudice. Instead, the concern about the christian God correlates with an increases in concern for an outgroup.

Sources (see others in the video):
Shariff, A. F., Willard, A. K., Andersen, T., & Norenzayan, A. (2016). Religious priming: A meta-analysis with a focus on prosociality. Personality and social psychology review, 20(1), 27-48.

Purzycki, B. G. et al. Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality. Nature 530, 327–330 (2016).

Lang, M., Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C. L., Atkinson, Q. D., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., ... & Henrich, J. (2019). Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1898), 20190202.

Beheim, B., Atkinson, Q. D., Bulbulia, J., Gervais, W., Gray, R. D., Henrich, J., ... & Willard, A. K. (2021). Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods. Nature, 595(7866), E29-E34.

Kundtóva Klocová, E., Lang, M., Maňo, P., Kundt, R., & Xygalatas, D. (2022). Cigarettes for the dead: Effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(1-2), 116-131.

Placek, C., & Lightner, A. (2022). Moralizing gods, local gods, and complexity in Hindu god concepts: evidence from South India. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(1-2), 97-115.

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