Study: Less Religious Are More Motivated By Compassion Than Highly Religious : The Two-Way In experiments, the less religious were found to be more generous when faced with human suffering.

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But new research suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people. Skip to main content.

Atheists and agnostics are more driven by compassion to help others than are highly religious people, a new study finds. That doesn't mean highly religious people don't give, according to the ...

Compassion is not pity, religious historian asserts. Armstrong highlights principle of religions. Last updated: September 15, 2018 | 20:57. By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter. 2 MIN READ.

Are religious people more moved by compassion than those who described themselves as less religious or non-religious? A group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley set out to answer ...