Of the four, compassion has a unique quality, a quality so different from the rest that it connotes a certain spiritual as well as emotional characteristic. Perhaps for this reason it is often cited in spiritual/religious texts as a virtue to be sought and developed.
But what does
it take to be a compassionate person,
maybe if you help others in need or maybe it is the way of what you give
is what you get, so lets go and talk about generosity and what does it take to
be one.
I looked at
some articles and I stumble upon an article that has some sort of truth about
being atheist is an advantage many people believe that if you give something
you are automatically
A religious
person but its not according to “Yasmin Anwar”.” In 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
which are published in the most recent online issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality
Science”. (http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/)
“The results
challenge a widespread assumption that acts of generosity and charity are
largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said. In the
study, the link between compassion and generosity was found to be stronger for
those who identified as being non-religious or less religious”.( http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/)
In
a society that has an overwhelming population, poverty and scarcity cant be
avoided and religious person makes a profit out of it, by means of donation and
ration they help people but they want money, but research shows that highly
religious persons are not that compassionate and generous at what they do for
people. According to“Laura Saslow”, “We hypothesized that religion would change
how compassion impacts generous behavior”. But they where surprised that non-
religious persons inclined in their
test, There are three experiment that is conducted for the purpose of
finding out how generous and compassionate non-religious people are: (http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/)
In
the first experiment, researchers analyzed data from a 2004 national survey of
more than 1,300 American adults. Those who agreed with such statements as “When
I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel kind of protective towards them”
were also more inclined to show generosity in random acts of kindness, such as
loaning out belongings and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train,
researchers found.
In
the second experiment, 101 American adults watched one of two brief videos, a
neutral video or a heartrending one, which showed portraits of children
afflicted by poverty. Next, they were each given 10 “lab dollars” and directed
to give any amount of that money to a stranger. The least religious
participants appeared to be motivated by the emotionally charged video to give
more of their money to a stranger.
In
the final experiment, more than 200 college students were asked to report how
compassionate they felt at that moment. They then played “economic trust games”
in which they were given money to share – or not – with a stranger. In one
round, they were told that another person playing the game had given a portion
of their money to them, and that they were free to reward them by giving back
some of the money, which had since doubled in amount.
This
goes to show that this research suggests that although less religious people
tend to be less trusted in the U.S., when feeling compassionate, they may
actually be more inclined to help their fellow citizens than more religious
people.
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