Some folks genuinely believe in God, an immortal soul, and an afterlife. Swearing something to God, on pain of eternal damnation, is a very, very serious thing to them. Few atheists understand this.pic.twitter.com/cB5GX9wbbA
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Incredibly simplistic. I am surprised an evo psych prof would say this. I loved your books BTW, but you cant seriously believe that people don't find a way to rationalize stuff that they want to do anyway and religion gives them plenty of wiggle room to rationalize.
Sounds like we need some data on this issue. I'm just betting that deeply religious people are somewhat less likely to be lying when they 'swear to God' than atheists are, controlling for other relevant variables.
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Are we comparing deeply religious folks "swearing to God" to atheists "swearing to God", or are we comparing deeply religions folks "swearing to God" to atheists swearing upon something very dear to them.
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If I were asked to testify, I would put my hand on a copy of the United States Constitution, and upon that I would absolutely never tell a lie. If we go gather more data on the issue, we should make sure to compare apples to apples.
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One would certainly need to control for whether the religious participants *really* believe the tenets of their religion.
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Who defines the "tenets?"
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This argument is actually quite ridiculous. Your point is correct. The rest of it is outside the scope of your point.
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