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The harms of religion
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RE: The harms of religion
Really? You can "disprove" any religion? Thinking

I don't know about the harms of religion but I could talk about how religious people compare to irreligious, I am sure to balance out the majority of the posts ITT. Tongue

More religious people have greater longetivity, coping skills, and health-related quality of life; less anxiety, depression and suicide:
http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/art...7/abstract

People with no religious affiliation are at elevated risk for depressive symptoms and disorders:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aa...2/art00008

Religious people have less distress and distrust; are at low risk for morbidity and mortality:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12008795

Religiously unaffiliated people are more likely to attempt suicide, have fewer reasons for living, have greater impulsivity, aggression and substance use disorder:
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/cont...61/12/2303

Religious behavior is associated with life satisfaction--and moreover, both atheists and religious who live in areas with more religious are happier; and both religious and atheists who live in areas with more atheists are less happy. Thinking
http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/...200901.pdf

People who are very religious have significantly healthier marriages than those where both are irreligious or only the wife is religious.
http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/33/2/246.short

Religiousity/spirituality is related to better cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and immune function:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12674818

Religious people report better health, have healthier social lives, greater confidence in the healthcare system and less likely to smoke:
http://www.princeton.edu/~deaton/downloa...gust09.pdf

Religious people have lower mortality risk:
https://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/186...060_fm.pdf
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/mmccull...t_meta.pdf
http://digilib.bc.edu/reserves/th707/stcl/th70713.pdf
http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/45/2/198.short
http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournal...S102.short
http://tro-helbred.org/wordpress/wp-cont...rvival.pdf

Religious people are more likely to donate to charity and to volunteer: both religious and secular charities mind, and all the types therein:
http://www.hoover.org/publications/polic...ticle/6577

On the big 5 factors of personality (OCEAN), religious people are more agreeable (more altruistic and empathetic), more conscientious (greater self-discipline and self-organization); and have lower levels of psychoticism (ie low agreeableness and conscientiousness in combination):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...6900002336
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...6999000689
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...393.x/full

Religious youth are less likely to get in trouble with the law (including drinking and driving, fighting, using a weapon); more likely to behave in healthy ways:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10...0000096371
http://heb.sagepub.com/content/25/6/721.short
http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi/Harris%...1298674896

Religious youth are also less likely to get teen pregnant, and more likely to use birth control properly the first time (interestingly enough):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...3603000960

Religious youth score higher on standardized tests, do better in school:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...0/abstract
http://eus.sagepub.com/content/35/1/27.short

Religious youth cope better with stress:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...3408000926

Religious people show healthier behaviors in general: drinking in moderation, not smoking, excerpting, going to the doctor, using a seatbelt, etc. Tongue
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...3505002409
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.10...0001631722

Religious people have better self-control:
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/135/1/69/

Religious fathers have better relationships with their children:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...382.x/full

And so the mommas aren't left out, religious adolescent mothers have better relationships with their children; and religious children are better adjusted socioemotionally:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/7310881743275572/
Mary Immaculate, star of the morning
Chosen before the creation began
Chosen to bring for your bridal adorning
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.

Sinners, we honor your sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for your pity we plead;
Grand us the shield of your sovereign protection,
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.

Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which your footsteps have trod;
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.


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Messages In This Thread
The harms of religion - by Gendarme - June 6, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: The harms of religion - by Panglossian - June 6, 2012 at 12:32 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Gooders1002 - June 6, 2012 at 12:38 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Kayenneh - June 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Godschild - June 6, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 5:13 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Brian37 - June 6, 2012 at 5:24 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Minimalist - June 7, 2012 at 1:44 am
RE: The harms of religion - by Gendarme - June 6, 2012 at 1:54 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Panglossian - June 6, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Faith No More - June 6, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Cato - June 6, 2012 at 8:15 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 5:12 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Brian37 - June 6, 2012 at 5:12 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 7:04 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 7:07 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 7:14 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 7:24 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 7:35 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 5:25 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Godschild - June 6, 2012 at 10:13 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 10:16 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 10:16 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Godschild - June 6, 2012 at 11:19 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 11:24 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 7:39 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 7:41 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 7:42 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 7:57 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:05 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 8:09 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:16 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 8:19 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 8:19 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:28 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 8:31 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:36 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Napoléon - June 6, 2012 at 8:37 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:42 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 8:44 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 8:45 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:56 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Napoléon - June 6, 2012 at 9:00 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 9:03 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 8:38 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Thor - June 6, 2012 at 8:32 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 8:51 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Hovik - June 6, 2012 at 8:52 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 8:54 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 9:03 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 9:04 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by StatCrux - June 6, 2012 at 9:07 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 9:08 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Napoléon - June 6, 2012 at 9:18 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by Annik - June 6, 2012 at 11:21 pm
RE: The harms of religion - by FallentoReason - June 7, 2012 at 12:17 am
RE: The harms of religion - by Aiza - June 7, 2012 at 12:45 am

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