>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/religious-children-are-more-selfish-than-atheist-children-say-us-neuroscientists-a6723596.html
>Children from religious families are less generous and altruistic than their atheist contempories, a study has suggested
>According to research published in Current Biology, those who were Christian and Muslim - other religions were not assessed - agreed with harsher punishments, were less generous when sharing and had a tendency to correct others.
>Two tests were carried out to assess the levels of altruism and meanness in the five- to 12-year-olds. In the first, secular children, Christian children and Muslim children were all asked to share 30 stickers with another child - with children of no religion sharing more stickers with others.
>In the second test, the children watched videos of someone mildly pushing or shoving someone else and were asked to rate how "mean" the action was, and the level of appropriate punishment.
>Compared to the other two groups, Muslims thought harmful actions were meaner and believed in harsher punishment. Christians judged the harm to be meaner than secular children - though there was no difference in their punitive ratings.
When have a study bashing religion coming from America, the self proclaimed home land of da laaaawd jezuzjuice, there's probably some merit to what they're saying.
So godfags, what's it feel like to have your little sunday school going brats being selfish dicks?
Well, the liberal children are growing up in households where they're mostly still sharing their mother's tits for breastmilk at age 5, so no surprise there.
The real interesting thing is that they judged violence to be wrong, proving once again that religious households actually give conscience, morality, and judgment to their broods.
>>55263191
you didn't really read it through properly; they still wanted harsher punishments. So saying it was "mean" means little here.
>>55262848
> Christian and Muslim
Why not separate them and just do one group at a time instead of combining the results. It was probably like 5 Christians and 50 Muslims in this study. Also
> harsher punishments
Why would this be a bad thing?
> less generosity
If this doesn't prove socialism and communism go hand in hand with atheism, I don't know what will
Personally, I'd rather have a child grow up to be a cutthroat successful Christian than a whiny, bleeding heart and beta atheist.
>>55263399
the study was to compare the views of religious and secular children. They simply combined christians and muslim because they both subscribe to a faith.
> cutthroat successful Christian
you forget Stalin and Mao were, by how many people they had killed, the very definition of what you would consider cuthroat. Neither promoted socialist or liberal views
>>55263552
> They simply combined Christians and Muslims because they both subscribe to a faith.
Then the study is already flawed if it groups two different groups. Also in your op, you go off on America for being in your words, godfags. Either show me a study where Christians are singled out for being selfish and assholes, or fuck right off back to your mosque, Mohammed.
> Stalin and Mao didn't promote socialist views
Read a fucking history book
>>55262848
>1000 kids.
Their test group is a bit on the small size.
>>55264295
>make thread criticising religious people
>get called a name of a religious person
Confused are we?
>>55264503
Oh ok, you just wanted some other fedora tippers to jump on your thread to criticize religion, instead of having a discussion as to why your linked study is flawed.
I'll let myself out.
>>55263399
>cutthroat successful Christian
Religious people are more charitable than atheists though.
