[–] Crashmarik 3 points 2 points 5 points (+5|-3) ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/giving-back-_n_3781505.html
And yet religious adults are more charitable which is proved by actual data at the macro level
Likely a problem with a bad sociology study in this case.
[–] Slapyousilly 2 points 8 points 10 points (+10|-2) ago
Charitable causes include churches...................................not enough dots.......
[–] flapjack_charlie 4 points 3 points 7 points (+7|-4) ago
Oh Jesus Fuck Me In The Ass H Christ... I don't know what asshat came up with this study but it's the latest hit-piece against social conservatives. I've seen this saying that they're less altruistic, less intelligent, more authoritarian, etc. Now, I'm a liberal atheist so I don't really care that much about conservatives or religion, but I DO care about science and I DON'T like it when I see science being used to flog some dipshit's tired political agenda. We get it, everyone likes to feel self superior and this is a way atheists and liberals can feel superior to conservatives, which is more likely to get them to vote in an election year.
Well hey, guess what, I feel superior to everyone else because I actually think about what I read.
God, when did the Guardian become such a rag?
[–] celadarlie 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Oh Jesus Fuck Me In The Ass H Christ
Well said.
[–] Drenki 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
We are brothers, flapjack. I bothered too glance at some details in the other thread.
[–] didntsayeeeee 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Of course it did. And if by chance the study had shown the opposite answer, I'm sure the researchers could have changed their methodology a bit and tried again til it gave the right answer.
Ain't social "science" wonderful?
[–] Sergei_Potemkin 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
...already learned this from playing their religious school sports teams...
[–] guinness2 9 points 4 points 13 points (+13|-9) ago (edited ago)
To be fair: religious children are developmentally challenged because their heads are full of religious woo-woo about talking donkeys (Numbers 22:28) and bird blood magical spells (Leviticus 14).
It must be hard for religious children to differentiate between fantasy and reality when they are surrounded by adults who claim their random gibberings are a magical language and they can faith heal and telepathically communicate with the creator of the universe... but really they are just full of shit.
[–] didntsayeeeee 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago
Surprise! Although Muslim children substantially outnumbered Christian children in the study (why?) people use it as an excuse to bash Christians.
[–] guinness2 5 points 4 points 9 points (+9|-5) ago (edited ago)
And what is wrong with acting on an excuse to bash Christians?
Are Christians too righteous and justified and magical to be criticized?
[–] epsilona01 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They're also taught that morality is guided by some invisible hand that will punish them if they do wrong. Instead of having their own morality, the false sense they have fades when they realize that invisible man can't actually see everything they do wrong, and there is no punishment, or self-admonishment that comes from your own discipline and moral character.