Religious Belief Enhances War
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What happens after you've been exposed to the trauma of witnessing violence, the trauma of losing loved ones or suffering severe injury from war?
56% Informative
A team of anthropologists surveyed 3 war-torn countries, Uganda , Sierra Leone , and Tajikistan .
They found that people exposed to violent conflict in these regions were more likely to attend religious services and participate in religious rituals years down the line.
The War Sociality hypothesis says external threats boost communal solidarity, cooperation, and sticking to social norms.
According to the Terror Management Theory of Religion , religion exists to soothe the fear of death and existential angst.
The theory argues that because humans are cursed with our awareness that we will die someday, we evolved religion to cope with this knowledge of our own mortality.
War exposes people to more than just stress and uncertainty, but also the psychological benefits of addressing trauma and uncertainty.
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