{"id":43384,"date":"2017-07-12T00:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T06:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=43384"},"modified":"2017-07-12T00:27:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T06:27:25","slug":"skewed-study-claims-atheist-children-altruistic-religious-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/07\/skewed-study-claims-atheist-children-altruistic-religious-children.html","title":{"rendered":"“Skewed Study Claims Atheist Children Are More Altruistic than \u2018Religious\u2019 Children”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A 2016 view of Honolulu taken on 16 March 2016 by NASA astronaut Tim Kopra. In the upper right is the volcanic crater (or, perhaps more accurately, the volcanic tuff cone) that is known (particularly in its iconic appearance from downtown Honolulu) as Diamond Head. Toward the upper left is the partially collapsed crater or tuff cone known today (rather redundantly, since \u201chana\u201d means \u201cbay\u201d in Hawaiian) as the popular snorkeling area of Hanauma Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A few days ago, somebody threw the study referred to here\u00a0in my face, as further proof of the evils of religion:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/11\/09\/skewed-study-claims-atheist-children-altruistic-religious-children\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since the sudden, premature death of Andrew Breitbart, which led to the eventual emergence of Breitbart News<\/em> as the Trumpist equivalent of L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/em>, I haven\u2019t exactly been a fan. \u00a0But Dr. Thomas Williams<\/a> shouldn\u2019t necessarily be held responsible\u00a0for the sins of Steve Bannon and the alt-right.<\/p>\n

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And, anyway, see also this little piece by Dr. William\u00a0Briggs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAre Religious Kids Really Less Altruistic?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m hoping, hereby, to warn some of those off who might otherwise be inclined to hurl this study by Jean Decety\u00a0at me in the future, imagining that Professor Decety\u00a0has settled the matter once and for all.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii<\/p>\n

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