Is God a Schelling Point?

On Abraham, Morality, and Individualism

You can read about Schelling points here and here. A Schelling point is a focal point that people flock to in the absence of the ability to communicate about where to meet.

Morality is a Schelling point insofar as much of it is implicit, rather than codified. People assume others know the code and abide by it, even though they don’t discuss it or agree t…