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20. There are actual health benefits from religious observation

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 01:17 PM

Feb 2019

I doubt it is result of the prayers....but it is a result of the observation

I say this as someone who grew up in a religious family and stopped observing in my teens.

Since it is statistically better than no observing, its clearly better than some superstitions..although I'm sure that some superstitions also have benefits.

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If Religion Is Not Just a Metaphor for Superstition, [View all] MineralMan Feb 2019 OP

"Religion is what you believe. Superstition is what the other guy believes" walkingman Feb 2019 #1

Say! I think you may be onto something there! MineralMan Feb 2019 #2

So on the mark CommonSenseMom Feb 2019 #10

A Protestant might say you are right exboyfil Feb 2019 #3

When I was a teenager, Protestant girls wore necklaces with a mustard seed in the pendant. MineralMan Feb 2019 #4

They didn't learn that from my Sunday School exboyfil Feb 2019 #6

Well, see, not everyone went to your church, apparently. MineralMan Feb 2019 #8

Sometimes it's just evidence of sloganeering Major Nikon Feb 2019 #5

Very good. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #7

There was a Spanish Mission in the town where I lived in California. MineralMan Feb 2019 #9

I'll bet with those odds Cartoonist Feb 2019 #13

13th century minds CommonSenseMom Feb 2019 #11

The more I try to figure it out, the more it looks like safeinOhio Feb 2019 #12

Why do cats purr? Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #14

As long as someone isn't doing what their religion calls on them to do? MineralMan Feb 2019 #16

I'm talking about individuals...personal religious observation, not harmful Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #18

And I'm talking about Religion in general, not individuals. MineralMan Feb 2019 #19

Hi MineralMan - A very interesting question. Pendrench Feb 2019 #15

One's experience of religion or any other philosophy MineralMan Feb 2019 #17

Agreed - what I posted are my own thoughts/beliefs. Pendrench Feb 2019 #26

There are actual health benefits from religious observation Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #20

There are health benefits from meditation, exercise, and many other MineralMan Feb 2019 #21

you were previously comparing to superstitution ... Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #24

You get the same benefit from owning a dog. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #25

Sure it does. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #41

They're all good boys. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #43

Lmmfao.... Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #53

Man! Glamrock Feb 2019 #56

Chihuahuas, too. MineralMan Feb 2019 #60

That's why I have cats. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #62

Well, we have both dogs and cats. MineralMan Feb 2019 #63

Dogs have owners zipplewrath Feb 2019 #76

The first study does not compare MineralMan Feb 2019 #27

I showed that religious observation had improve outcomes Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #32

Without reading the actual study, I can't say all that much. MineralMan Feb 2019 #33

yes, I gave you a summary Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #34

Where are the links to the studies you summarized? MineralMan Feb 2019 #35

I gave you enough information to find them Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #36

Never mind. You made the claim. MineralMan Feb 2019 #37

the claim? Fresh_Start Feb 2019 #38

Not unhappy. Indifferent. MineralMan Feb 2019 #39

That doesn't say what you think it says Major Nikon Feb 2019 #44

There is an emotional factor overlooked here SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #22

Well, perhaps religion also allows people to ignore reality. MineralMan Feb 2019 #23

In the example I gave SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #40

Aren't you also overlooking the negative aspects? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #45

These people I spoke of SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #46

So you site anecdotal evidence, but demand hard evidence from others? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #47

I don't demand anything SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #48

"sweeping statement" Major Nikon Feb 2019 #49

Not at all SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #50

I'm also fine with that Major Nikon Feb 2019 #55

I agree some fundamentalist religion seems to have negative consequences SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #58

Or maybe not Major Nikon Feb 2019 #59

I have never said the problem never exists SoFlaDem Feb 2019 #61

How about the Civil Rights movement? Major Nikon Feb 2019 #66

Religion allows people to excuse themselves from vile deeds. Remember that article CharleyDog Feb 2019 #28

That's very true, and you have used one of the prime examples MineralMan Feb 2019 #29

Let me see if I remember Lent correctly... louis c Feb 2019 #30

Yes. Something like that. MineralMan Feb 2019 #31

I'm not sure it's a metaphor. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #42

I thought St. Christopher wasn't doing his job and got the boot(sandal) njhoneybadger Feb 2019 #51

I recall that also - or actually he really never existed rurallib Feb 2019 #52

Christianity co-opted paganism - cilla4progress Feb 2019 #54

Far more efficient to co-opt hocus pocus from someone else Major Nikon Feb 2019 #57

A bridge too far with this "gem" nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #64

Regarding your last question, MineralMan Feb 2019 #65

I did not say "Religious Group" nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #67

Nobody here is obligated to answer questions, MineralMan Feb 2019 #68

A pattern demonstrated. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #69

Yes, indeed. MineralMan Feb 2019 #70

"Nobody here is obligated to answer questions" nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #72

I'm not going to mock religions here... uriel1972 Feb 2019 #75

Careful. It you keep picking at that martyrdom complex it is going to become inflamed. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #79

Not playing the martyr nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #84

You're whining about your religion being called out to the neglect of others. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #85

I am not whining nor do I have the sads and I'm certainly not suffering nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #87

I mock nobody. I point out hypocrisy wherever I see it. MineralMan Feb 2019 #80

I was NOT complaining nor was I being hypcritical nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #82

I did not equate Catholics with Trump supporters. MineralMan Feb 2019 #86

Yep, put it on me nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #88

Oh, dear...No thanks. I'm not going any further with this. MineralMan Feb 2019 #89

And there it is... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #74

My faith and beliefs are not weak nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #83

Of which group are you a member? Catholics or Maga hat wearers. MineralMan Feb 2019 #90

The split was 55 trump 45 Clinton. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #71

That depends on which poll you look at nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #73

You claimed it was 16-6. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #78

Yes and I corrected that in another post nightwing1240 Feb 2019 #81

Just looking for an excuse to hear this great song. Croney Feb 2019 #77