New Posts For Thread: Religious people are less motivated by compassionhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassionIn three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings whYou're not helping to convince me that the OP isn't onto something.I rekon J'C is right on the money. The contents of a first year psychology course rarely makes for particularly interesting debate, and, yes, it does get a whole lot more sophisticathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519511277#519511277You're not helping to convince me that the OP isn't onto something.I rekon J'C is right on the money. The contents of a first year psychology course rarely makes for particularly interesting debate, and, yes, it does get a whole lot more sophisticatWed, 09 May 2012 16:15:47 -0500Hell isn't anything any non-believers are concerned about either. It's an absurd idea. And it goes against the text that says "Jesus died for the sins of mankind". That Christians like you have accepted the interpretation that salvation extends onhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519421409#519421409Hell isn't anything any non-believers are concerned about either. It's an absurd idea. And it goes against the text that says "Jesus died for the sins of mankind". That Christians like you have accepted the interpretation that salvation extends onMon, 07 May 2012 09:40:13 -0500Thats funny, can I use that?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519409053#519409053Thats funny, can I use that?Sun, 06 May 2012 19:54:59 -0500And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything. [/quote]No, (I didnt say that), but they are a perfectly acceptable source of reference--and you know it. And you know J'Carlin is wrong too. I bet you wish he would shut up.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519407599#519407599And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything. [/quote]No, (I didnt say that), but they are a perfectly acceptable source of reference--and you know it. And you know J'Carlin is wrong too. I bet you wish he would shut up.Sun, 06 May 2012 18:53:12 -0500And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything. [/quote]No, (I didnt say that), but they are a perfectly acceptable source of reference--and you know it. And you know J'Carlin is wrong too. I bet you wish he would shut up.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519407425#519407425And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything. [/quote]No, (I didnt say that), but they are a perfectly acceptable source of reference--and you know it. And you know J'Carlin is wrong too. I bet you wish he would shut up.Sun, 06 May 2012 18:44:57 -0500And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519407013#519407013And we all know that college textbooks are the last word on everything.Sun, 06 May 2012 18:28:28 -0500Nonsense.This, from the same textbook I cited in my previous response:“One of the most influential researchers in moral development was Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987)….[H]e developed a highly influential model of moral development.”http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519406933#519406933Nonsense.This, from the same textbook I cited in my previous response:“One of the most influential researchers in moral development was Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987)….[H]e developed a highly influential model of moral development.”Sun, 06 May 2012 18:24:46 -0500Nonsense.This, from the same textbook I cited in my previous response:“One of the most influential researchers in moral development was Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987)….[H]e developed a highly influential model of moral development.”http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519401547#519401547Nonsense.This, from the same textbook I cited in my previous response:“One of the most influential researchers in moral development was Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987)….[H]e developed a highly influential model of moral development.”Sun, 06 May 2012 15:42:26 -0500It's easy to see what the motivations of some are, and in this case compassion is not one of them.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519400123#519400123It's easy to see what the motivations of some are, and in this case compassion is not one of them.Sun, 06 May 2012 15:06:36 -0500I doubt that you know what a “reasonable debate” looks likes.There is no logical problem appealing to authority when the authority is relevant. In education we call it “CITING REFERENCES.”Since the topic is the moral motivatihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29093961/Religious_people_are_less_motivated_by_compassion?post_id=519398999#519398999I doubt that you know what a “reasonable debate” looks likes.There is no logical problem appealing to authority when the authority is relevant. In education we call it “CITING REFERENCES.”Since the topic is the moral motivatiSun, 06 May 2012 14:42:13 -0500