Moralistic supernatural punishment is probably not associated with social complexity

The "moralizing high gods" variable underestimates the prevalence of moralizing gods in ethnographic societies.

Prevalence of moralizing gods and moralizing high gods are estimated and compared.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Descriptive Statistics	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Moralizing Gods	`UNKNOWN`	Spirits And Gods
Moralizing High Gods	`UNKNOWN`	Spirits And Gods

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding	2022	Moralizing high gods are more prevalent in stratified societies than unstratified societies.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whitehouse, Harvey	2019	RETRACTED: Contrary to the Moral High Gods hypothesis, complex societies precede moralizing gods (227).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding	2022	Higher irrigation potential is linked to the presence of moralizing high gods.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Watts, Joseph	2015	High political complexity has coevolved with moralizing high gods (2, 5)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Watts, Joseph	2015	The presence of moralizing high gods facilitates and sustains high political complexity (2, 5).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author