It's not just conservatives, I also see many libs believe in this shit. In addition, they really believe in the "Just World Hypothesis" (i.e. that the good will eventually be rewarded and that the evil will eventually be punished). I just can't bring myself to believe that the evil will "get what they deserve," at least in this world, after everything I've seen. I don't know, how do others here deal with the brainworms of personal responsibility and the just world hypothesis?
Right and it's not like concepts like eternal torment or a relationship with God only emerged out of capitalism per se, but it's a matter of development and emphasis. Evangelicals (and even Catholics, I think) would be shocked to see just how different their religion was under feudalism and under the slave system in the Roman Empire.