Belief in Angry God Associated with Poor Mental Health
 

This is interesting.

Belief in Angry God Associated with Poor Mental Health - Blog

The researchers found that belief in a punitive God was significantly associated with an increase in social anxiety, paranoia, obsession, and compulsion. Conversely, belief in a benevolent God was associated with reductions in those four symptoms. Belief in an indifferent God was not linked to any symptoms.

From the article:

So people who perceive threats (from whatever source) are more likely to be anxious than those who do not.

Another anti-religion post from JC. Who'da thunk it? Do you have any thing else to post about for a change?

This isn't anti-religion. It's a reflection of the way people think...

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That makes all the sense in the world whether or not religion is the topic. If you think your boss hates you, are you more or less likely to be stressed than if you think your boss respects you (or doesn't remember your name)? If you feel stuck in your job (or can't switch gods), does that amplify those feelings compared to people who see a lot of opportunities to change their situation?

Et cetera.

Given his posting history, him making it well known he is anti religious (especially anti christian), the article title, and well...his posting history, I would still have to say this is another JC anti-religion post, and yes, I did read the article.

Never really thought of God as "angry", pretty loving from what I can tell.

Oh, I dunno.

You've got to be some kind of pissed off to hold an innocent person accountable for someone else's mistakes. That goes double for holding a second innocent person accountable as well.

That's pretty angry in my book.

Will you please splain this?

Isn't it better He provided a way that we don't have to be held accountable? He suffered personal loss in providing that way. That's love, not anger.

Yes, but what about all those who suffered because of the sins of another person back in the Old Testament? Down to the third and fourth generations, IIRC. Too bad for them. Too bad, so sad. :sadangel:

That's one of the concepts that just made me give up on the whole religion thang.


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How about the Belief in Allah? Look how well thats working out around the world.

Islam is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing around the world. A good Muslim will lie or die to further the cause of Islam. Both are fine ways in the eyes of their moon god. Unless you're a Muslim you're not innocent you're an infidel. And don't worry if you're a Muslim and inadvertently blow up another Muslim while trying to further the cause of Islam, you just made a martyr out of him.

So we need to control the thoughts of people? Is that the point?

It doesn't matter what thoughts people have when their belief in God keeps them from acting on them. You should be appreciative of that fact, it's called self-control... And it damn sure isn't religous people who are clogging up our prisons :lol:

Well, I would say there are a lot of religious muslims clogging up our prisons.

Religion is their excuse, a mere tool to complete their objective. Criminals are very big on creating a false impression of religion to fool their victims and make their crimes easier to perpetrate.

Just because someone wears a cross around their neck doesn't mean you can trust them. In fact I trust them less. It's put there for others to see, not to save their soul.

This doesn't mean most religious people don't live a life of honesty. It just means you need to be able to figure out the difference.

my favorite part of the Bible is where Jesus tells the poor to suck it up & gives more money to the rich & then demands to see Caesar's birth certificate. I swear...I tear up every time I read that.

Wait, I thought in the Liberal world, Obama was the Savior. :confused5:

That might be in joecooool's King Obidiot Revision of the Bible.

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