Religious kids are harsher and less generous than atheist ones, study says

[HuckleB]

http://www.oregonlive.com/faith/2015/11/religious_kids_are_harsher_and.html

"When it comes to teaching kids the Golden Rule, Sunday school might not be the best bet.

A new study in the journal Current Biology found children in religious households are significantly less generous than their non-religious peers.

At the same time, religious parents were more likely than non-religious ones to consider their children empathetic and sensitive to the plight of others.

...

This study challenges those attitudes. It was the children in non-religious homes most likely to be generous toward a stranger. The longer a child had lived in a religious home, the stingier he was compared to his secular peers.

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FWIW.

[trotsky]

1. Interesting stuff.

Thanks for posting!

[HuckleB]

3. Probably not in this group, but in GD?

[BlueJazz]

5. I was thinking basically the same thing. Also, studies have shown that right-wing people..

...certainly are more selfish and harsh than those who are not RW.
Makes sense that their children would follow the parents footsteps.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Ahhhh, gosh darnit!

I was just on my way over here to post this bad boy.

[HuckleB]

8. You get to post it in GD!

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Ah, a tempting offer, to be sure.

But I will have to pass.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY HAVE AN ETHICAL/MORALITY SYSTEM THAT ISNT BASED UPON THE THREAT OF PUNISHMENT

FROM A GIANT INVISIBLE DUDE IN THE SKY??????