Igor Sovcik

I have made commitment that every time I read a bigoted post I will write something about atheism.

When looking at religious identity predicting volunteerism, atheists out-volunteered many of the religious groups. In other words, if you compared the average atheist and the average Catholic on volunteerism, the godless were more likely to be philanthropic. This set of findings was perplexing, which is academic parlance for “WTF?”

#Atheism #Sociology #Religion

https://onlysky.media/dspeed/atheists-and-the-common-good/

Atheists and the common good

When our study began, we expected to find that the religious are more likely to volunteer than the nonreligious. We were in for a surprise.

OnlySky Media
Mar 18, 2023 at 10:43amWeb
Show threadJuanMar 18, 2023
@igisho can you show us some data? And its source?
Show threadIgor SovcikMar 18, 2023
@jmvelasquezh here is link to study: https://academic.oup.com/socrel/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/socrel/srac035/7036518?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Eternally Damned, Yet Socially Conscious? The Volunteerism of Canadian Atheists

Abstract. Research suggests that people who are religious may volunteer because religion is innately prosocial (i.e., inclination) or perhaps because religious

OUP Academic
Show threadWhitmadMar 18, 2023

@igisho

Am I the only one who finds the term "atheist" ridiculous.

The existence of a god is one of a near infinity of the things I do not believe and the set of things I don't believe is just one of many sets of attributes that do not describe me.

I don't collect stamps so call me an aphilatelist

Show threadIgor SovcikMar 19, 2023
@whitmad great point 😅
Show threadRandom WeirdoApr 9, 2023

@igisho
This doesn't surprise me at all. Religious people aren't better people.

I consider myself a Christian. But being a Christian is not about being a good person. The gospel isn't about morals and rules. It is about God's love and our redemption.