ManusJustus said:
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. |
You weren't asked about your religion because you weren't part of any of the studies.
They would just track what people of different religous and political affiliations donate, and how much time and blood they give away as well. They even have breakdowns for what money is given away to secular and nonsecular charities.
Also "Donate through taxes"?
Everyone "donates" through taxes. The difference is... people who believe that the government should handle social issues are less likely to put extra money aside to give to the poor... despite the fact that they're the people who think they have too much money.
Why? I don't know... conservative people probably feel like a lot of their tax money is wasted and feel the need to make up for it.
However an even stronger factor is religion.
A religious left wing liberal is a lot more likely to donate money then an Atheist conservative.
