RE: Tentatively Christian; looking for a reasonable discussion
March 18, 2015 at 8:45 am
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2015 at 8:46 am by Mudhammam.)
(March 18, 2015 at 8:38 am)Aractus Wrote: Religious attendance/participation is a positive determinant of health (categorised by happiness and longevity), recognised by psychiatry and by W.H.O. It doesn't have to be true to be helpful...I'd be curious to know what element religion actually plays. If it is the case that people who bond over a common ideal and have a safeguard against confronting their fears generally benefit in some way, then we should expect the results to hold across all religious cultures... which kind of discredits the supposed effectiveness of religion itself.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza