Growing Up Religious Won't Make You Selfish

A number of pressures combine to produce this outcome, but sensationalism is central. Research that upsets received understanding is privileged, causing researchers and editors to introduce and overlook faults in the interest of making a splash.

That effect is amplified in the wider media, where there’s great flexibility in interpreting and reporting the findings. Suddenly reluctance to share stickers is magnified into an across-the-board indictment of religious upbringing. And all for clicks (plus some self-validation, no doubt).