If only I felt more compassion towards the religious...

[FluffyMcDeath]

because apparently compassion makes a difference to the godless.

 

[Robert]

new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.

Interesting.

Saslow, who is now a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Francisco, said she was inspired to examine this question after an altruistic, nonreligious friend lamented that he had only donated to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti after watching an emotionally stirring video of a woman being saved from the rubble, not because of a logical understanding that help was needed.
“I was interested to find that this experience – an atheist being strongly influenced by his emotions to show generosity to strangers – was replicated in three large, systematic studies,” Saslow said.

I haven't given this much prior thought but I suppose it's not particularly surprising.

 

[cecilia]

does not surprise me one bit

 

[Speelgoedmannetje]

does not surprise me one bit

Indeed, if they even twist their view of the world to fit their own emotional needs, what else can be new?