Atheists have long been distrusted, in part because they do not believe that a watchful, judging god monitors their behavior. However, in many parts of the world, secular institutions such as police, judges, and courts are also potent sources of social monitoring that encourage prosocial behavior. Reminders of such secular authority could therefore reduce believers' distrust of atheists. In our...

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Abstract In ordinary discourse we often attribute beliefs not just to individuals but also groups. But can groups really have genuine beliefs? This paper considers ultimately rejects one of the main arguments in support claim that be believers – Argument From Interpretationism and concludes good reasons sceptical about existence group beliefs. According Interpretationism, roughly speaking, qual...

Suffering New Testament believers ministered by Old prophets: Exegesis of 1 Peter 1:10–12. Even though 1:10–12 has received considerable attention in the research done on Peter, fact that these verses emphasises prophets to believers, not yet been properly investigated. This article focuses ministry prophets, mentioned 1:10–12, and indicates how this became a reality lives addressees. The exege...

The article presents the materials of forthcoming Dictionary Vocabulary and Phraseology Old Believers Dialects Perm Region. available lexicographic descriptions speech (Baltic States, Transbaikalia, Siberia) are outlined. main layers Permian vocabulary – cult terminology, borrowings, expressive evaluative words paroemias described. thematic diversity can be noted (self-names interpretations, na...

Many people believe in the ‘‘Law of Small Numbers,’’ exaggerating the degree to which a small sample resembles the population from which it is drawn. To model this, I assume that a person exaggerates the likelihood that a short sequence of i.i.d. signals resembles the long-run rate at which those signals are generated. Such a person believes in the ‘‘gambler’s fallacy’’, thinking early draws of...