In Pascal’s famous wager, he claims that the seeking non-believer can induce genuine religious belief in herself by joining a community and taking part its rituals. This form of regulation is epistemologically puzzling: we beliefs this way, could such be rationally held? first half paper, explain how regimen allow to regulate her intervening on evidence epistemic standards. second argue regulat...

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Numerous authors have suggested that religious belief has a positive association, possibly causal, with prosocial behavior. This article critiques evidence regarding this "religious prosociality" hypothesis from several areas of the literature. The extant literature on religious prosociality is reviewed including domains of charity, volunteering, morality, personality, and well-being. The exper...