Good Samaritan

In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were given the text on the good Samaritan; the other half could preach on whatever they wanted.

Good Samaritan
In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were given the text on the good Samaritan; the other half could preach on whatever they wanted. They were given a specific route to take to get to the recording hall. This route took them past a “victim” who was lying in the street, groaning and coughing. Of the forty seminarians, only sixteen stopped to help. One actually stepped over the victim, ...

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