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http://www.higherperspectives.com/religious-children-are-meaner-1470763643.html
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)01167-7.pdf
This does not surprise me at all unfortunately. I think the basis of religion (compassion, the golden rule etc) too often takes secondary importance to personal salvation and the delineation of 'in-groups' and 'out-groups.' When strict social rules and attributes are applied to religious 'belonging' the results can get nasty resulting in an array of violent acts. One could speculate that the answer would be for every religion to give the same rights and respect to all thus eliminating the inevitable creation of the 'other.' But how?
Is it even possible for one religion to differentiate itself from another without creating such divides? What is the future of religion when its central tenets of compassion and sharing cannot even be passed to it youngest members successfully.
Can tolerance prevail without secularization?
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(15)01167-7.pdf
This does not surprise me at all unfortunately. I think the basis of religion (compassion, the golden rule etc) too often takes secondary importance to personal salvation and the delineation of 'in-groups' and 'out-groups.' When strict social rules and attributes are applied to religious 'belonging' the results can get nasty resulting in an array of violent acts. One could speculate that the answer would be for every religion to give the same rights and respect to all thus eliminating the inevitable creation of the 'other.' But how?
Is it even possible for one religion to differentiate itself from another without creating such divides? What is the future of religion when its central tenets of compassion and sharing cannot even be passed to it youngest members successfully.
Can tolerance prevail without secularization?