The Eleventh Commandment

[metalman]

Religion and the evolutionary origin of cooperation

The Eleventh Commandment: Punish Free Riders

“Our study reveals that for those who financially support religious institutions, subliminal religious messages strongly increase the costly punishment of unfair behavior, even when such punishment is to their individual material disadvantage,”

 

[faethor]

It seems that with religiousness comes self righteousness. I don't think we learned anything here. Just another point of confirmation.