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[quote=Anonymous]Another highly counterintuitive finding from a research team at the University of Chicago based on a sample of over 1100 kids from several countries:

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/religious-kids-arent-as-good-at-sharing-study-221423445.html

[i]“Our findings contradict the common sense and popular assumption that children from religious households are more altruistic and kind toward others,” the lead author of the study — Jean Decety, the Irving B. Harris distinguished service professor in psychology and psychiatry and director of the Child NeuroSuite at the University of Chicago — said in the release. “In our study, kids from atheist and nonreligious families were, in fact, more generous.”

Decety added: “Together, these results reveal the similarity across countries in how religion negatively influences children’s altruism. They challenge the view that religiosity facilitates pro-social behavior, and call into question whether religion is vital for moral development — suggesting the secularization of moral discourse does not reduce human kindness. In fact, it does just the opposite.”[/i][/quote]

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