The Good Samaritan Study

Azim: It's possible to study the effect of religious practices on human behavior. By measuring which religious practices change how people behave and which don't, you can start to understand the roles that different religions have played in different societiestake a look at this now classic study from the princeton theological seminary in nineteen seventy three. Two researchers tested the effect of religious cues on helpfulness. The study did not find any difference between the religious people non religious people. In fact, the the predictor of whether somebody would help or not was whether they were in a rush or not. So if you were in a rush, regardless of whether you are religious or non religious, you wouldn't...