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According to research religious people are less compassionate, lie more often, are more likely to go to prison, are fatter and less intelligent that Atheists. Ironic don't you think. They have been calling Atheists all of those things for centuries and it turns out religious might actually have been projecting their own weaknesses onto heretics.
Not only does a new report suggest that Atheists are more compassionate than Theists but similar surveys and research indicate they are generally more tolerant, less racist and more likely to be against torture or the death penalty. They also make better parents.
Atheists More Motivated by Compassion than the Faithful.http://www.livescience.com/20005-atheists-motivated-compassion.htmlSo Much For Religious People Being More Righteous.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/religious-more-moral-atheists_n_5822492.html
Atheists make better parents.http://thevine.com.au/life/parenting/atheists-make-better-parents-20150204-293892/
I've noticed myself that Theists tend to be rather dishonest. Aside from the fact that religion itself is composed of many fantastic tales which can't possibly be true. Perhaps because Theists know they have no evidenve for their claims they feel compelled to exaggerate or pass off unchecked claims as being factual. Whatever the reason its now been proven that they have little respect for telling the truth.
Study: Religious more likely to lie for financial gain.http://www.salon.com/2013/10/22/study_religious_more_likely_to_lie_for_financial_gain_partner/
Another possible explanation for the way religious people compulsively lie is they no longer know the difference between reality and fiction so constantly mix the two up unintentionally. This is backed up by studies on religious children.
Religious children are less able to distinguish fantasy from reality.http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-28537149
This habitual lying and lack of respect for others could go towards helping to explain the further findings of the American Prison Institution. Almost everyone in Prison arrives with a head full of mythology. These surveys were conducted with prisoners upon arrival. Which refutes the often heard claim by Theists that they became religious only after going to prison. Almost no atheists are ever arrested.
Atheists Are 0.07% of the Federal Prison Population, Threatening Fact for Christian Fundamentalists.http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/why-atheists-make-85-percent-americas-scientists-and-07-percent-its-prison
Belief in a god or gods seems to have other negative effects also. Increased risk taking for example and a propensity for obesity. It seems believers think their God will protect them from harm and health risks.
Thinking about God makes people take bigger risks.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/thinking-of-god-makes-people-bigger-risk-takers.html
How having faith makes you fat: Religious people are 'more likely to be overweight compared with those who are atheist'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2884643/How-having-faith-makes-fat-Religious-people-likely-overweight-compared-atheist.html
Does rejecting facts and science to make your religion work make you less intelligent? Not necessarily so. Religion attracts the least educated and poorest who aren't likely to perform as well as rich well educated citizens. Atheism tends to be a white rich guys ideology. So this gives the impression that Atheists are smarter. Also, Atheists are often ex-Theists who have read more of the Bible than most religious people and turned to Atheism as a result of finding discrepancies, scientific errors and ridiculous contradictions in the texts. So I suppose it depends on your definition of intelligence which has always been a slippery thing to quantify.
Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, according to analysis of scores of scientific studies stretching back over decades.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/religious-people-are-less-intelligent-than-atheists-according-to-analysis-of-scores-of-scientific-studies-stretching-back-over-decades-8758046.html
