<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Human groups often use belief as a membership test... > Human groups often use belief as a membership test because shared certainty stabilizes coalition identity. A pluralistic community asks more of its members: cooperate across difference without demanding ideological surrender as the price of belonging. **Source:** [[livestreams/Happiness, Nonjudgment, and the Royal Practice of Letting People Be - Workbook|Happiness, Nonjudgment, and the Royal Practice of Letting People Be]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Human groups often use belief as a membership test because shared certainty stabilizes coalition identity. A pluralistic community asks more of its members: cooperate across difference without demanding ideological surrender as the price of belonging.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-human-groups-often-surrender-price-belonging ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->