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Here's a discovery that could make secular parents say hallelujah: Children who grow up in non-religious homes are more generous and altruistic than children from observant families. ...
A series of experiments involving 1,170 kids from a variety of religious backgrounds found that the non-believers were more likely to share stickers with their classmates and less likely to endorse harsh punishments for people who pushed or bumped into others.
The results "contradict the common-sense and popular assumption that children from religious households are more altruistic and kind toward others," according to a study published this week in the journal Current Biology.
Worldwide, about 5.8 billion people consider themselves religious, and religion is a primary way for cultures to express their ideas about proper moral behavior — especially behavior that involves self-sacrifice for the sake of others.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Sunday November 08 2015, @01:03AM
I have seen more 'religious' people who can talk the talk like a preacher, but stumble like crazy when they try to walk the walk.
I 'behave' in a 'religious' manner because that's how i was raised, how i want my kids to be raised and how i want to be perceived... i don't do it because my Dog might be watching, or that 'well, i go to church a lot, so it won't be too bad if i have sex with this child just once.... i'll confess and Dog will forgive me'.
Walk the walk!!!
(If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, but molests children....)
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