RE: Atheists more compassionate than the highly religious.
May 2, 2012 at 3:40 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 3:43 pm by Poetess.)
(May 2, 2012 at 2:51 pm)Jaysyn Wrote: A scientific study that shows what most of us have suspected for quite a while.
Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers.
It does seem like Agnostics and Atheists tend to be more compassionate. I always find that interesting. It's amazing how people that claim to believe in all of the bible - of which I'm fairly sure some parts touch the base of love and compassion - can be quite the hateful people; especially if you are in any way different from them. Then again, perhaps they think they can take the good discrimanitive and hateful parts, and leave the rubbish like compassion and respect.
(May 2, 2012 at 3:21 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I wonder if the highly religious are less motivated by compassion, because they believe god will sort it all out, thereby absolving them of any feeling of moral responsibility.
That is possible. Though it makes one think, if these people are motivated to be like Jesus, it would make me assume they would be a little nicer. Well, if you go on what is claimed Jesus was like, in the lovely book of mythology. I don't think I will ever fully understand the fanaticals' actions.
