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Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.

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Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes.
May 5, 2013 at 1:41 am (This post was last modified: May 5, 2013 at 2:15 am by Ryantology.)
I tend to see theists classifying atheists as downers and nihilists, but I don't tend to see much of this in reality.

I'm sure that believing in anything a person views as positive, no matter how silly, is likely to improve the mental state to some degree. What makes this seem disingenuous is the implication that belief in the capital g God has some specific benefit that believing in any other deity or fairy tale would not provide.
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RE: Belief in God can improve mental health outcomes. - by Ryantology - May 5, 2013 at 1:41 am

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