Why Do People Act Badly? | The Story of God

in small-scale societies and ancestral

in small-scale societies and ancestral communities there were only a couple of

communities there were only a couple of

communities there were only a couple of hundred individuals and it was

hundred individuals and it was

hundred individuals and it was relatively easy to keep tabs on one

relatively easy to keep tabs on one

relatively easy to keep tabs on one another and that was really important

another and that was really important

another and that was really important because social reputation matters the

because social reputation matters the

because social reputation matters the problem is that the larger the society

problem is that the larger the society

problem is that the larger the society becomes the more easy it is to take

becomes the more easy it is to take

becomes the more easy it is to take advantage of other people within the

advantage of other people within the

advantage of other people within the group so that’s where this construct or

group so that’s where this construct or

group so that’s where this construct or this idea of a moralistic

this idea of a moralistic

this idea of a moralistic interventionist God that can read our

interventionist God that can read our

interventionist God that can read our thoughts that can punish us for our

thoughts that can punish us for our

thoughts that can punish us for our misdeeds that can act on our behaviors

misdeeds that can act on our behaviors

misdeeds that can act on our behaviors in some symbolic way it really comes

in some symbolic way it really comes

in some symbolic way it really comes into the picture these communities that

into the picture these communities that

into the picture these communities that had this idea of such an entity would

had this idea of such an entity would

had this idea of such an entity would have been at an advantage over those

have been at an advantage over those

have been at an advantage over those that lacked the idea of such moralistic

that lacked the idea of such moralistic

that lacked the idea of such moralistic gods because they kept people basically

gods because they kept people basically

gods because they kept people basically in check would you rob a bank if you

in check would you rob a bank if you

in check would you rob a bank if you thought that nobody could possibly know

thought that nobody could possibly know

thought that nobody could possibly know that you’ve done that I think if we’re

that you’ve done that I think if we’re

that you’ve done that I think if we’re honest with ourselves and we think that

honest with ourselves and we think that

honest with ourselves and we think that there’s no hidden camera there’s no

there’s no hidden camera there’s no

there’s no hidden camera there’s no security guard it’s completely empty

security guard it’s completely empty

security guard it’s completely empty there’s a bank vault that’s filled with

there’s a bank vault that’s filled with

there’s a bank vault that’s filled with all sorts of the currency and jewels

all sorts of the currency and jewels

all sorts of the currency and jewels many of us would walk in there and

many of us would walk in there and

many of us would walk in there and actually take all that currency so I

actually take all that currency so I

actually take all that currency so I think the idea or the impression or the

think the idea or the impression or the

think the idea or the impression or the the sense that something is watching us

the sense that something is watching us

the sense that something is watching us and will punish us for our Mis behaviors

and will punish us for our Mis behaviors

and will punish us for our Mis behaviors is a very potent very powerful social

is a very potent very powerful social

is a very potent very powerful social factor