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Image123:U obviously don't know the meaning of statistical analysis, and u will probably claim u finished secondary school... Did u bother to check the meaning of anecdotes? Maybe u would have understood the point am making. Now Mao and Stalin were individuals, isolated, exceptional circumstances. The same way I can point to the Christians who engage in slave trade leading to the deaths of 60million Africans... Lemme explain another way, maybe you'll get it. If I say Germans are averagely taller than Nigerians, it doesn't mean all Germans are taller than all Nigerians. There would be tall Nigerians and short Germans. But Germans would statistically be taller. Now, it would be pure folly for anyone to say that because of individual or isolated cases of some Nigerians taller than some Germans, then it's not true that Germans are taller than Nigerian. That's why statistical evidence is proof and anecdotes are not. So can u logically refute the experiment or do I need to explain again? |
Image123:Why is it paining u now? It's a scientific experiment. If u have a problem with it, u can either disprove the study, conduct your own study or go and beat up the people who conducted the study a la Jesus 30 BC. The claim is that religious children are meaner, can u use logic or reason to disprove that?? Or u can only throw tantrums? You mentioning Mao, Stalin or any nairaland atheist is just anecdotes. The study shows a pattern supported by statistical analysis and evidence. U guys are disappointing... |
DoctorAlien:Hey DoctorAlien, forgot to mention u earlier. So, what's your take on the study? Is it true or is there some reason why this study should be dismissed |
felixomor:Lolz... Seems this study really got to u. You want to fight back or disprove it but u don't have the intellectual wherewithal to do so... So u resort to telling yourself lies to ease the butthurt... Anyways, whatever your reaction, it's expected. As different studies show, u are more likely to be mean than intelligent... Cheers ![]() |
felixomor:Weirdo... Sonoflucifer was probably right |
Lennycool:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/religious-children-less-altruistic-secular-kids-study?CMP=fb_gu |
JackBizzle:Seven countries. US, Canada, Jordan, China, Turkey, south Africa. |
JackBizzle:Seriously, there are some weird people in this section... MrPresident, sciencewatch, felixomor... |
felixomor:The wiser theists have seen this thread and have hidden their faces but u just love humiliating yourself. So your study is true and mine is false, on what basis exactly? Your feelings? ... If higher intelligence is the devastating effect atheism has on the brain, then god must have gotten something wrong.So can u disprove the study which shows that religious children are meaner? |
felixomor:Lolz... U can't counter the thread, right? I get it. Anyways, statistics have shown that on an average, atheists are more intelligent than Christians.. http://www.medicaldaily.com/proved-atheists-more-intelligent-religious-people-250727 So if the effect is more intelligence, can't complain. . But let's not derail the thread okay? |
Tournel:I think it's one of the problems of religion. It creates a "I'm right, you're wrong" mentality. |
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Children from religious families are less kind and more punitive than those from non-religious households, according to a new study. Academics from seven universities across the world studied Christian, Muslim and non-religious children to test the relationship between religion and morality. They found that religious belief is a negative influence on children’s altruism. “Overall, our findings ... contradict the commonsense and popular assumption that children from religious households are more altruistic and kind towards others,” said the authors of The Negative Association Between Religiousness and Children’s Altruism Across the World, published this week in Current Biology. “More generally, they call into question whether religion is vital for moral development, supporting the idea that secularisation of moral discourse will not reduce human kindness – in fact, it will do just the opposite.” Almost 1,200 children, aged between five and 12, in the US, Canada, China, Jordan, Turkey and South Africa participated in the study. Almost 24% were Christian, 43% Muslim, and 27.6% non-religious. The numbers of Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, agnostic and other children were too small to be statistically valid. They were asked to choose stickers and then told there were not enough to go round for all children in their school, to see if they would share. They were also shown film of children pushing and bumping one another to gauge their responses. The findings “robustly demonstrate that children from households identifying as either of the two major world religions (Christianity and Islam) were less altruistic than children from non-religious households”. Older children, usually those with a longer exposure to religion, “exhibit[ed] the greatest negative relations”. The study also found that “religiosity affects children’s punitive tendencies”. Children from religious households “frequently appear to be more judgmental of others’ actions”, it said. Muslim children judged “interpersonal harm as more mean” than children from Christian families, with non-religious children the least judgmental. Muslim children demanded harsher punishment than those from Christian or non-religious homes. At the same time, the report said that religious parents were more likely than others to consider their children to be “more empathetic and more sensitive to the plight of others”. Young Americans shifting US towards becoming less religious nation Read more The report pointed out that 5.8 billion humans, representing 84% of the worldwide population, identify as religious. “While it is generally accepted that religion contours people’s moral judgments and pro-social behaviour, the relation between religion and morality is a contentious one,” it said. The report was “a welcome antidote to the presumption that religion is a prerequisite of morality”, said Keith Porteous Wood of the UK National Secular Society. “It would be interesting to see further research in this area, but we hope this goes some way to undoing the idea that religious ethics are innately superior to the secular outlook. We suspect that people of all faiths and none share similar ethical principles in their day to day lives, albeit may express them differently depending on their worldview.” According to the respected Pew Research Center, which examines attitudes toward and practices of faith, most people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person. In the US, 53% of adults think that faith in God is necessary to morality, a figure which rose to seven of 10 adults in the Middle East and three-quarters of adults in six African countries surveyed by Pew. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/06/religious-children-less-altruistic-secular-kids-study?CMP=fb_gu |
psalmsjob:The bible allows you to beat your slave to death... As long as he doesn't die immediately. Stop lying for the bible. It's dishonest |
Revelation1:Am not a Muslim. In fact I used to be a devoted Christian but seriously Christian dominated countries are not doing better than their Muslim counterparts... Many of the developed countries are largely irreligious. But the deeply religious ones that are rich are usually Muslim. In fact, the richest country is Qatar, a completely Muslim country. |
felixomor:The point is there are poor Christians and a Christian dominated country proves that point... And Muslims are not more than half of the population in Nigeria, so Nigeria is not even Muslim dominated... Congo however have 80% Christians, and are the poorest countries in the world |
Revelation1:Muslim countries like Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait are crazy rich. Countries like Switzerland and other developed countries that u refer to as Christian countries are having a decline in their religious population... They are getting less religious... The most religious Christian countries are struggling while the ones rejecting Christianity are thriving... Also countries like Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon are not as poor as Congo CAR, Malawi, Liberia... African countries are poorer than Arab countries |
felixomor:Haha... DRC is a Christian dominated country, it's the poorest in the world... There are many poor Christians in DRC... That's the issue, u can't contest that fact, that's why u are looking to digress. Nice try tho |
felixomor:So can we discuss whether there are many poor Christians now? ![]() |
felixomor:See this learner... U don't know census figures are the most political. With all states and regions inflating their figures because of federal subvention... |
Revelation1:So... The Christians in Congo are not true Christians. The Op mentioned rich Christians, all in Europe and the western world, u had no issue with that... The poor Muslim dominated countries u mentioned, are most of them not in Africa?? Why double standards... |
Revelation1:Many of them are also Christian dominated... Congo DRC, adjusted by UN to be the poorest in the world has about 80% Christians. |
felixomor:I know u want to digress from the topic of poor Christians, http://www.indexmundi.com/nigeria/demographics_profile.html So u want to discuss if there are many poor Christians or not |
felixomor:Well if u read other books apart from the bible, especially those that talk about your environment, u would know these things.... U are welcome anyways ![]() |
felixomor:Oh... Christians make up the majority of the people there 80%... Christians are only 40% of Nigeria's population but I guess u don't know that... Anyways, point is proven. There are many poor Christians all over the world especially in that part of the world where they really worship God a lot... God is a jerk, isn't he? |
felixomor:Like DR Congo. The poorest country in the world by 2011 UN rankings. Also has 70% Christian population... Tough luck, eh? ![]() Modified Sorry.... Meant 80% Christian population |
Many of the poorest people and countries in the world are also Christian... So... |
hopefulLandlord:It's called desperation ![]() |
KingEbukasBlog:Hahahaha... Over a 100 million people formerly on the way to heaven now going to hell fire is not a big deal?? This your own style of Christianity is funny too ... And where is the scientific evidence that they will revert to Christianity? Your feelings? And please the 800 million u get is because u people give birth like chickens. That only adds to the theory that without indoctrination, Christianity is dead |
KingEbukasBlog:U are the one not reasoning at all... The claim is simple: atheists are on an average smarter than Christians, for whatever reason. The claim is not that atheism causes intelligence.... Try to argue against the actual points raised and don't look for other points to argue against when u don't have a rebuttal... Atheists are on an average more intelligent than Christians. There's proof of that. Can u refute that point?? |
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You mentioning Mao, Stalin or any nairaland atheist is just anecdotes. The study shows a pattern supported by statistical analysis and evidence. U guys are disappointing...
... If higher intelligence is the devastating effect atheism has on the brain, then god must have gotten something wrong.

