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For the record, I\u2019ve made my skepticism toward the worth of modern studies and surveys known before<\/a>, especially where such light and fluffy disciplines as sociology and personality study are concerned.\u00a0 Based on the upcoming release of a \u2018study\u2019<\/a> that\u00a0suggests atheists are more compassionate than religious people, I won\u2019t be changing my mind any time soon.\u00a0 I mean, really?\u00a0 How many assumptions, biases, and personal beliefs had to go into the premises behind this study in the first place?\u00a0 Just the fact that the researchers even bother to separate compassion that are not based on things like doctrine shows the bias of the researchers.\u00a0 After all, the idea that atheists aren\u2019t influenced by\u00a0doctrine,\u00a0communal identity, or reputation concerns is, itself, a personal point of view.\u00a0 Many would argue that atheists have these things in spades.\u00a0 Again, there are few things I\u2019m more cynical about than the modern news media.\u00a0 Academic studies and surveys are, however, a close second.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"