Do Christians or Non-Christians give more to charities ?

Answer 1

Although there are conservative non-Christians and liberal Christians, I believe that most people associate Christians as conservative and non-Christians as liberal.
John Stossel's latest 20/20 report ... points out that more than 80 percent of philanthropic giving and volunteering in this country is done by conservatives. The study done over years, according to Stossel, by a self-proclaimed liberal professor at Syracuse University, showed liberals are far less likely to give to any charities, volunteer or even give blood, so this study encompasses every aspect of "personal" giving.
Data proves conservatives will donate more often and give more, even when they have less of an income than their liberal counterpart. It was shown that liberals in general do not feel giving is a personal responsibility, and their reasoning somehow transfers responsibility onto the government.
So, conservatives are actually more truly "liberal" with their possessions and time than are liberals? Fascinating.

Giving to a liberal is taking money out of someone else's pocket and giving to the poor. They are very generous with the money of others.

Answer 2

Some surveys have indicated that fundamentalists give more to charities (even if exclude tithes to church) as a percentage of income.

Aside from that there doesn't seem to be any difference between the liberal religious and non-religious in terms of charity giving.

OTOH the fundies may give less in absolute terms since they tend to be lower income than average.

That also relies on people telling the truth which religious fundamentalists often have trouble with (though for most of them not deliberately).

Answer 3

There is really no way to figure the answer to your question out...In most cases charities are not religious bias one way or another, unless specified. For any one to say one way or another would just be an assumption.

Answer 4

Over a ten year period, I gave over $17,000 to charities. I am a theist. My older brother, an atheist, gave just over $16,000 to various charities. It's about even.

Answer 5

Does it matter as long as the charities are supported?

Answer 6

If you're looking at sheer volume, one would assume that Christians would donate more since there are so many of them. On a per person basis I imagine it'd be pretty similar.

Answer 7

All charity organisations get their money from Atheists like Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie.

Answer 8

Christians because there are more of them.

Answer 9

Not sure how you can track this since recipients of charitable action don't generally concern themselves with the religious affiliation of the givers. But in surfing the net to see what was out there on this topic, I came across this essay? commentary? It is rather interesting, speaking to the history of charitable action (not just giving). I'm not saying this is an unbiased article so please don't accuse me of this.

http://christiancadre.org/member_contrib/cp_charity.html

Answer 10

I honestly don't think there is any good way to tell that and it shouldn't matter. I think that is more dependent upon an individuals personality rather than a group label.