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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: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday November 08 2015, @01:51AM
Posting song lyrics is pretty Fedora, but Iron Maiden's Holy Smoke is relevant here:
Now, religion ain't all bad. It was intertwined with the worlds best art, history, music and to understand religion is to understand the world is why the way it is. I have found that coming from a religious background is often a plus in the dating scene, as the women usually don't have literal interpretations but a foundation of solid, monogamous values. And I'm only talking about Christians, Buddhists, taoists, and Hindus in a positive manner -- Jews and Muslims are still scum.