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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, Interesting) by HiThere on Sunday November 08 2015, @09:22PM
The bible tells people the things they want to hear from it. In that way it's rather like a Ouja board. Come with a perspective, and you can find a section that confirms it. It was used to justify both slave holding and abolitionism with equal vigor...and that's just one example of a pair of opposites that are justified by the same "holy scripture".
I once had to read the whole thing, and though I don't remember most of it, I certainly lost all respect for it during the process.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday November 09 2015, @02:46AM
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings