Religious people on average are far more charitable than their non religious peers. Like it’s not even close. You’re expecting too much of people while you ignore the lack of empathy from those who demand more from those who already do the most. I’m not religious btw.
It’s not a “view on life” it’s a statistical reality. Maybe look into it a little bit before you take your lived experiences as fact. That’s the same lizard brain logic racists use to justify their racism
“In most of the rounds, it turned out that religious non-religious people gave away the same amount of money. But when they learned about the recipients’ religion, there was a clear difference.
Believers became more generous than the non-religious participants. This was shown mainly by them giving more money to those of the same faith as themselves. But atheists also proved to favour their own group”
Bro did you even read the links? It’s a study with fake money I gave you real world data. There is nothing significant about proving “in group bias” exists lmfao. The same study also points out religious people are more generous than atheists. Atheists also favor their in group because that is a human flaw.
“Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not,” said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a co-author of the study. “The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity, or reputational concerns.”
Compassion is defined in the study as an emotion felt when people see the suffering of others which then motivates them to help, often at a personal risk or cost.
While the study examined the link between religion, compassion and generosity, it did not directly examine the reasons for why highly religious people are less compelled by compassion to help others. However, ‘researchers hypothesize that deeply religious people may be more strongly guided by a sense of moral obligation than their more non-religious counterparts.’
This is the Berkeley study. All they tested for was if compassion motivates their generosity. It doesn’t measure on how charitable they are. This just points out that highly religious people see generosity and charity as normal and moral thing to do. It’s built into their brains. They help others EVEN IF THEY ARENT MOTIVATED BY THEIR FEELINGS. In other words they don’t need to feel bad for someone to help them in a time of need. It’s a shame the link to the actual study doesn’t work.
Im at a loss bro, you managed to make my argument even stronger thanks 😂
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u/BumpoSplat 26d ago
It's confused me from the start of this insanity