| Kasz216 said: As for we'd be better off... while athesits make 10% more. It's not like if everyone became an atheist everyone would make 10% more. That's just stupid. HOWEVER, it has been shown that the religious donate more to charity then atheists. |
Athiests tend to be more educated than religious people. Not saying religious people are ignorant or anything, just that many athiests are college graduates and the more educated you are the more open you are to secular thought.
I do question the religious being more generous. I am an athiest, but I volunteered at a Christian charity. I'm not sure how these statistics work, but I dont recall ever being asked about religion. I also trust some Christians charities more than others, such as the Christian Children fund which donates 80% of its donations while some others give 20-30%.
Perhaps ahtiests just dont care about volunteering or giving charity to a religious foundation? I know that I dont seek out a Athiest Childrens fund or Athiest food bank. Perhaps athiests prefer to donate through taxes rather than charities? I know athiests tend to be more liberal and like a bigger government, so maybe we just prefer to pay for these programs through taxes.
