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In Study 2, participants who were presented with information about the existence of an intervening God reported decreased moralization of pro-environmental behaviors and decreased biocentric views of nature. Findings from Study 1 and 2 provide preliminary evidence that belief in divine intervention can have negative consequences on attitudes towards climate change. Study 3 examined whether individuals are motivated to use BIG as a compensatory resource to cope with the threat of climate change. If so, exposure to dire climate change messages should increase self-reported BIG. However, Study 3 does not find evidence for this hypothesis. 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