Religious people are no more generous than non-religious people, with one exception

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Religious people are no more generous than non-religious people, with one exception

– It sounds intuitively right, says Secretary General Erik Lunde of the Strømmestiftelsen to Vårt Land about the results of a new study on generosity and religion. He heads a Christian aid organization. Why does religious belief make you more generous? Swedish researchers at Linköping University have tried to find an answer to this question by conducting three studies in Sweden, the USA, and a combined study in Egypt and Lebanon. The results are…