"According to a study published in Current Biology in 2015, children raised without religion tend to be kinder than children brought up in very religious households."
Seven universities cooperated in the study of 1200 children coming from Christian homes (24%), Muslim homes (47%), and non-religious homes (27%).
But according to this professor, the study's conclusion is out of sync with a "century of scholarly writing" and more recent studies.
Another study was published last February which tells this very different story: "religious adherents of all sorts are, in fact, far more connected and generous than their non-religious counterparts."
What should we believe? Can we believe everything we hear?
No. Pick some issue that's important or shocking to you, and look into it (at least read the links). Does the claim or the study make sense? Don't just believe it because media reported it.
Today, maybe more than ever, you're going to have to think for yourself. Try to think things through.
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