Religious People are Different

BETTER TO HIRE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

Does it make any difference who we hire?  Do religious people think and act the same as others?  A study entitled “American Values in the Eighties:  The Impact of Belief” is revealing.  Some discoveries from this research reported in the Bulletin of the Protestant Hospital Association:

1.      Although less than half the public (44%) attend church frequently.  Three-quarters (74% consider themselves to be religious.

2.      73% of the general public say they frequently feel that God loves them.  Nearly all
Americans (94%) say they experience this feeling at least occasionally.

3.      57% of the population report they frequently engage in prayer.

4.      The most religious Americans are distinctly more likely than the least religious to vote in local elections (77% to 49%).

5.      The most religious are far more likely to do volunteer work for a local organization.

6.      Those who are most committed to religion are more likely than the least to frequently feel they “belong to a community”.  (83% vs. 45%)

7.      THE MOST RELIGIOUS AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO FEEL A SENSE OF DEDICATION TO THEIR WORK (97% vs 66%).

8.      THE MOST RELIGIOUS ARE MORE LIKELY TO FEEL THEIR WORK CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIETY (91% vs 53%).

9.      THE MOST RELIGIOUS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SAY THEY WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN AT THEIR PRESENT JOB RATHER THAN TAKING ANOTHER (78% vs 52%).