>> A NEW STUDY INDICATES THAT
RELIGIOUS KIDS ARE LIKELY TO BE
LESS WILLING TO SHARE IN THEIR
ATHEIST PEERS.
>>AMEN.
>> THIS IS ONE STUDY
THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
IT FOUND A CORRELATION ñ
THEY FOUND THAT THE LONGER A
CHILD HAS LIVED IN A RELIGIOUS
HOME, THE STINGIER HE WAS
COMPARED TO HIS SECULAR PEERS.
RESEARCHERS ALSO MEASURED
HOW CHILDREN PERCEIVED
INTERPERSONAL HARM AND WHAT
DEGREE OF PUNISHMENT THEY
THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE.
WHICH IS CHILDREN JUDGED OTHERS
ACTIONS OF MEANER AND MORE
DESERVING OF PUNISHMENT THAN
IT'S IN SECULAR HOMES.
YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW THE HELL
DID THE RESEARCHERS DO THIS.
THEY ASKED KIDS TO PLAY A GAME
WHICH REQUIRED THEM TO
DECIDE HOW MANY STICKERS TO
SHARE WITH ANONYMOUS PEERS
FROM THE SAME SCHOOL AND
SIMILAR ETHNIC GROUP.
THE REASON WHY THEY WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON
THEY ARE SHARING WITH ARE
SIMILAR IS SO THEY CAN GET RID
OF OTHER FACTORS LIKE RACIAL BIAS.
>> I THINK CULTURE DOES MATTER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE TEACH THEIR KIDS IS
YOU SHOULD DO THINGS BECAUSE IF
YOU DON'T GOD WILL JUDGE YOU.
FOR RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IT IS HARD
FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW
ATHEISTS OR AGNOSTICS
RAISE THEIR KIDS.
WE TEACH THEM TO BE DECENT
HUMAN BEINGS FOR THE SAKE OF
BEING A DECENT HUMAN.
>> BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK IF
THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF GOD
OR JESUS CONSTANTLY?
>> IT'S NOT A FEAR-BASED
CULTURE.
IT IS A CULTURE THAT SAYS THAT
IF YOU DO WELL YOU CAN MAKE
MORE FRIENDS AND BE A
BETTER PERSON.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BASE
IT ON MYTHOLOGY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BASE IT
ON ANCIENT STUFF.
I KNOW IT BLOWS PEOPLE'S MINDS.
>> BECAUSE THE FEAR IS 
NOT AN
EFFECTIVE WAY TO GOVERN
YOURSELF ANYWAY OVER TIME.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU MISSTEP
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE
RELIGIOUS KIDS.
YOU DO
SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T DO.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REALIZE
ñ BUT THE TRUTH IS YES, YOU
SHOULD HAVE AN INTERNAL COMPASS
FOR EVERYTHING CENK JUST SAID.
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
BUT EVEN IF YOU BUY INTO THE
OTHER STUFF, YOU START TO
REALIZE THAT IT IS NOT A
COMPLETE 100
PERCENT SYSTEM FROM
THE LOOKS OF IT.
>> THAT IS TOO IS A GREAT POINT.
OF COURSE ANOTHER PART OF IT
IS TEACHING PEOPLE TO BE
JUDGMENTAL.
>> THAT IS THE PART THAT
BOTHERS ME THE MOST.
THEY ARE TAUGHT THAT THEY ARE
BEING JUDGED AND THEY
SHOULD JUDGE THE ACTIONS
OF OTHER PEOPLE.
DON'T HATE THE SINNER,
HATE THE SIN.
>> WHICH BY THE WAY
MEANS HATE THE SINNER.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF
JUDGMENT GOING ON.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THIS
MYSTERIOUS HIGHER BEING
WATCHING YOU AND DECIDING
WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD
BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR ACTIONS.
IN REALITY YOU SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT WHY THEY ARE
DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU
DISAGREE WITH.
SECULAR PEOPLE TEND TO BE
MORE OPEN-MINDED.
>> ANOTHER GREAT POINT.
THE SYSTEM WAS BUILT ON GOD
JUDGING YOU, YOU THINK THE
RATIONAL THING TO DO IS TO BE
LIKE GOD, AND JUDGE OTHERS.
THEY ARE TAUGHT TO BE
JUDGMENTAL.
WHEREAS IF YOU ARE JUST
LOOKING AT IT FROM A LOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE, LIKE MOST ATHEISTS
AND AGNOSTICS ARE, YOU
DON'T TEACH YOUR KIDS TO JUDGE
THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYBODY ELSE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.
DON'T JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE SO
HARSHLY.
YOU WOULD HOPE A REASONABLE
PERSON WOULD TEACH THEIR KIDS
THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE BASING ON
REASON INSTEAD OF MYTHOLOGY.
>> THIS IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE
OF PEOPLE TEACHING OR
EMPHASIZING A CERTAIN
PART OF THE BIBLE.
THE BIBLE ALSO CONTAINS THE
PHRASES 'TAKE THE LOG OUT OF
YOUR
OWN EYE BEFORE YOU TAKE IT
OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS'.
THAT IS IN THE BIBLE, BUT THAT
IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH RELIGION.
RELIGION ñ THE MORE RELIGIOUS
YOU GET THE LESS YOU GET
AWAY FROM THE SPIRIT OF THE
THING YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE INVOLVED IN, RIGHT?
SO NOW YOU BECOME ALL ABOUT
DOGMA AND RIGIDITY AND RULES.
IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH YOUR
MESSED UP PSYCHOLOGY THAN WITH
SPIRITUALITY OR LOVE OR
REDEMPTION.
IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THESE
RULES THAT WE CAN GRIP ONTO.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE DONE STUDIES
ñ
THE REASON WHY YOU JUDGE
PEOPLE WHEN YOU GET UPSET IS
BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO DO
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
IT IS ONLY THE THINGS THAT YOU
SUBCONSCIOUSLY
REALLY WANT TO DO THAT
YOU GET UPSET AT.
>> SO IF YOU BASE THINGS ON
IRRATIONAL RULES AND THERE
ARE NO CONSEQUENCES, YOUR USE
OF A MORAL SYSTEM IS
BOUND TO FAIL.
IF YOU SET ONE UP BASED ON
DECENCY AND LOGIC, YOU HAVE
A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS ACROSS
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
THEY DID IT IN THE U.S., CANADA,
SOUTH AFRICA, AND CHINA.
THAT IS NOT SURPRISING AT ALL.
>> I THOUGHT CHINA WAS NOT A
RELIGIOUS COUNTRY?
>> IT DEPENDS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS IN
CHINA THAT HAVE NO RELIGIONS,
AND SOME THAT HAVE BUDDHISM.
>>PART
OF THE REASON WHY THEY WENT TO
CHINA IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO
DO A STUDY ON NONRELIGIOUS KIDS
AND RELIGIOUS KIDS TO COMPARE.
>> BUT THE IDEA OF RELIGION IS
THE SAME THROUGHOUT WHICH
IS RIGID MORAL RULES, AND
JUDGMENTAL THINGS.
ONE LAST THING, I DON'T WANT
EVERYONE TO HEAR THIS AND
THINK THAT WE THINK ALL
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE TERRIBLE.
OF COURSE THERE IS A GREAT
VARIANCE WITHIN ANY
RELIGION OR NO RELIGION.
I WOULD SAY 10 PERCENT OF THE
RELIGIOUS PEOPLE I KNOW ARE
THE VERY BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
THEY FIND THE RIGHT PARTS OF
THE BIBLE, OR THE QURAN, OR
WHATEVER AND THEY SPEND THEIR
WHOLE LIVES TRYING TO HELP
THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
THEY ARE DECENT AS HUMAN BEINGS
AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY FIND.
ABOUT 50 PERCENT- I'M NOW
MAKING UP NUMBERS.
THE 35 PERCENT REMAINING
ARE THE PROBLEM.
THEY ARE FUNDAMENTALISTS,
JUDGMENTAL GUYS, THE ONES
THAT THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN
OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT THIS IS PUTTING MY NUMBERS
ASIDE, WHICH ARE MADE UP,
THE REAL NUMBERS OF THE STUDY
ARE VERY INTERESTING.
