Berkeley study:Highly religious people less motivated by compassion than nonbelievers

[AITheAnswerAI]

I've always felt religion can be used as a crutch to alleviate people's horrible daily lives. You'll have killers, rapists, criminals say "oh well god will forgive me so long as I believe and go to church etc." They think believeing in all that will absolve them from their terrible behavior.

Being a good person and doing the right thing comes from within, if you have to rely on some doctrine to excuse your wrong doings, you're a fake.

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

No friend. This is not beating a dead horse. Many people on this board suggest that without religion there can be no morality, and that atheists and the non-religious are 'fakkits' promoting all of society's ills :bueno:

It would appear that a lack of strong religious belief engenders compassion for one's fellow man

perhaps it is because the religious self-enforce a dichotomy of us vs. them when referring to those with unknown religious affiliations

perhaps it is because many of the religious appear to have a lack of faith in the human spirit and character


either way they should try and empathize with the rest of humanity

all i was sayin was that highly religious people are usually the most unchristlike nikkas you'll find i thought everybody knew that. and while you at it dont even act like HL isnt majority anti-religion.

 

[Mowgli]

Press kit for the devil.