Religiously unaffiliated people most strongly believe that empathy is a foundational moral value. Note that doesn’t necessarily mean atheists; people who believe in God but don’t associate with any particular religion would be in that group. In fact, I can’t find any information about whether atheists are included in this survey, or if this was exclusively a survey of religious people.

Interesting (but not exactly surprising) results here. Makes me glad that “religiously unaffiliated” is the fastest growing religion in the U.S.

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    16 hours ago

    I don’t intuitively disagree with the premise that non-religious people are more motivated by empathy than religious people, but statement 2 using the phrase “God’s truth” seems like it would make atheists or agnostics less likely to choose it than if it were worded more neutrally.