If it isn't clear, the Salon writer reacted skeptically to this study on the children of the religious versus the secular. I was surprised for a second by that, but by the end of the article it became apparent that the writer was defending religion against the unfair secular attacks for the sake of other religions besides Christianity, and Islam in particular (note his last line above in which he specifically suggests that there are "politicized beliefs" (biases) directed against Islam.
Total nonsense story. Knew it was a joke when I saw it circulating.
By ALL studies conservatives give more to charity than libs - state by state as well. Liberals want state forced charity because they are greedy bastards.
If the Secularists don’t think Ultra Religious people will be generous citizens, then why is Secular Europe letting in hundreds of thousands of Ultra Religious Muslims instead of favoring the Moderate / Lapsed Christians who already exist in their own countries?
Liberalism = Suicide!
Atheism = Nihilism = Nice Vacuum for the Islamist to grow and take over.
“The researchers looked at 1170 children aged 5-12 years old, from six countries (USA, Canada, China, Jordan, Turkey and South Africa). Most kids came from households that identified as Christian (24%), Muslim (43%) or not religious (28%). (Small numbers from Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and agnostic homes weren’t compared.)”
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“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 kids, though there was no difference in their punitive ratings. This is consistent with fundamentalism, when actions are seen as either right or wrong, with no gradient in morality between two extremes. Overall, religious children are less tolerant of harmful actions and favored harsh penalties.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2015/11/05/religion-morality/
There is no charity in taxation or Marxist redistribution.
There's the problem right there with this steaming pile of horse dung.
Try some American cities next time.
Since the Garden of Eden, man has the knowledge of good and evil. That knowledge is confused with divine righteousness.
When people reject God’s Plan, they reject the light in favor of darkness, because the light convicts them of their sin.
They are condemned already, but seek any counterfeit substitute for what God provides to avoid their condemnation.
Those who accept His Plan by faith in Christ, receive a regenerated human spirit, separate from their soul. Those who reject Him, never receive the new life in that regenerated human spirit, nor are they able to perceive it, for they lack the faculty of perception.
The Plan simply isolates arrogance from the kingdom of heaven. Unbelievers might perform more human good, which are dead works, but they are arrogant, thinking it will make others debtors to their good works separate from God.
My grandchildren don't even know what religion is, and if any child religious, nonreligious, or whatever, could be more more selfish in their thoughts and actions ( which I accept as entirely natural ) than they are, I'd like to see it. Naturally, they are constantly admonished to "be nice" and "share" and so on, but they are just little beacons of egomania. Naturally, as a grandfather, I find it quite charming.
And well, I must admit, they will allow themselves on occasion to be coerced into compromise. Civilization!
IOW - religious kids are more likely to be good stewards of their money and to recognize evil for what it is ....