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Re:Religious Discrimination at Google by satellite2 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @04:50AM (#31712919)
It's a rational looking theory, but is there any evidence that superstitious people exhibit more ethical behaviors?

I have the impression that since those people are not bound by evidences they can justify unethical behavior much more easily. And so this trait that should make them more ethical actually backfires and enable worse behavior.

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Re:Religious Discrimination at Google by tialaramex on Sunday June 12, 2022 @06:34AM (#31713457)
Ah, Princess Alice doesn't check for ethical behaviour it checks for obedience.

This shows that religion could perform a valuable function in a pre-historic human society independent of whether it's true.

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