🦑 Religion

State(s with an official) Religion
List of U.S. states by religiosity
Epicurus' trilemma
(F)LDS
- List of LDS wars
- Latter-day Saints (AKA Mormons) are selecting for slightly higher IQ partners (slightly eugenic), political conservatives for slightly lower IQ partners (slightly dysgenic), and everyone else for moreso-lower-IQ partners (dysgenic). Similarly found that conservatives, in general, show a weaker selection against intelligence than do liberals
  - actual study: Kirkegaard, E., Dutton, E. Will Intelligent Latter-day Saints and Smart Conservatives Inherit the Earth? Differential Selection for Intelligence in the USA Based on Religiosity and Conservatism. Evolutionary Psychological Science (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-022-00327-y
Non-Talmudic Judaism: Similar to Protestant (Sola scriptura) Christians compared to Catholics, and similar to Quranism in Islam.
- Karaite Judaism: "characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority", "While the religious life of other Jews is governed primarily by the oral law, as embodied in the Talmud, the Karaites reject the Talmud."
- Haymanot Judaism: practiced by the Beta Israel, also known as Ethiopian Jews.
Islam
- Islam seems to have 2 alternative paths for males:
  1. For the successful, wealthy, attractive: Polygny (multiple wives) and procreation
  2. For all others: Martyrdom / Jihad to receive, in the afterlife, 72 promised wives
  In theory this seems like it would be somewhat eugenic, and simultaniously result in (perhaps cruel from an outside perspective) a large base of fighters. However, if there is no war / means for martyrdom, then it seems likely that rapes will become more frequent (violence and chaos for society).
- Islam and cats: The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam. Admired for their cleanliness, cats are considered "the quintessential pet" by Muslims. Thought to be ritually clean, and are thus allowed to enter homes and even mosques, including Masjid al-Haram. There is a belief among some Muslims that cats seek out people who are praying.