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Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers
argumentative-atheist submitted:
“Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.
I’ve already posted this, but I get the feeling you’ll get it further than I do :PThese kinds of studies always fascinate me. Sociology is really interesting. I think it’s encouraging to know that there is a lot of evidence for people not needing a god to be good. Thanks for the submission!
-Allyson
the largest scale humanitarian aid projects in human history are now conducted by atheists
You Are My Other Me
In a bilingual school in Tucson, Arizona, children start the day by reciting En Lak Ech, a Mayan concept of human interdependence and mutual compassion and respect:
Tú eres mi otro yo. Si te daño a ti, me daño a mi mismo. Si te respeto a ti, me respeto a mi mismo.
You are my other self. If I harm you, I harm myself. If I respect you, I respect myself.
Maybe we should all start the day the way these children do.
