I credenti religiosi hanno cuori più sani e affrontano meglio lo stress, affermano i ricercatori dell’Università di Limerick
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/religious-believers-have-healthier-hearts-and-cope-better-with-stress-ul-researchers-say/a483060846.html
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I really doubt it’ll be popular on here, but in my family, faith has helped them a lot through very difficult times, especially loss in tragic circumstances.
Personal faith never has been or will be the problem, in any capacity…it’s the collective destructive powers of the institutions that is many problems.
And while this makes a cute headline someone go read all the studies they meta analysed. Who were the control groups, what non faith were they comparing to and how, deal better with stress or just not engage with it in the same way. The ‘Jesus take the wheel’ approach to life is fine for the driver, but what about the passengers? Were those around them extra stressed dragging Holy Mary through the family bankruptcy or cancer treatment etc.
Actions have impacts on those around us, including when we choose not to do actions that aid us and instead trust in Sky Daddy, Spaghetti Monster or Pedro Pascal to get us through it based on vibes.
(Turning my inbox off on this because I’m too sick to have an all day arguement about it)
It’s no different to any other meditative process or “let it” attitude.
I am not a religious believer but this makes complete sense to me.
Article is on the button – the average life expectancy of the members of my Church (The Esoteric Order of Dagon) is at least ten times longer than the national average. Though of course member are expected to go through certain changes.
This is not really new, I remember reading about this decades ago. The really interesting part, for me at least, was, that it does not matter what you believe. Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Jehova, Zeus, even people being convinced that aliens try to take over the world seem to benefit….
I’m an atheist, but it admittedly makes sense. If a religious person is faced with a stressful situation – sick family member, upcoming exams, job interview, etc – they pray, seek divine intervention. It might change diddly squat, but they feel some higher power is on their side, they’ve at least done something, and have somewhere to focus all their anxious energies.
There are secular ways of achieving this too, like mindfulness, CBT and so on, but many will plough ahead and hope for the best, which can be stressful when you believe there’s no higher power looking after you.
Because they can pretend the stress isn’t real or the magic sky daddy will fix everything. The rest of us in the real world are fucking stressed because we know how dire the circumstances of the world are right now.
Makes sense. I sometimes envy people with a faith, or belief in a higher power pulling the strings. Because I can’t make sense of a lot of things, it would be convenient (for me anyway) to be able to push my doubts onto someone/something else.
Lots of religious people (except Catholics) abstain from alcohol and other drugs. Many more religions require vegetarian or vegan diets at certain times.
I noticed that self proclaimed atheists here and social media overall, are always pissed off. Met a couple irl as well
The blue zones across the world are all faith heavy
Well established science
I have a deep faith and it’s helped me through very stressful times. It’s not fashionable for people in Ireland to profess their faith. So many of us with faith keep it quiet. I believe in a kind, compassionate and merciful God and see Jesus as a friend who loves me. People won’t remember me 80 years after I die, yet here we are 2025 years since Jesus was born and we still know of him. His messages of love and peace still mean something today. I have friends of all religions and none and have thought about all their positions and that suits them but my faith suits me well too. Hopefully my heart will remain healthy and I can remain with little to stress about if this survey is true.
Keeping your head buried in the sand might be good for stress, but it doesn’t solve the problems we have in the actual world.
Everlasting life, everything happens for a reason, forgivness for your sins, justice in the afterlife for the meek and downtrodden, each person special and loved unconditionally by a higher power, an established framework on how to live your life, moral certitude, great costumes. I’m feeling less stressed just typing this out.
Not surprising.
While people like to look down on it, religion first and foremost is a community that has become even harder to find in modern society despite more connection.
The responses of atheists to these sort of posts always makes me glad I’m not one of them. Terms like “sky fairy” etc just radiate 14 year old in the school library thinking he’s edgy for moving the bible into the fiction section.
So no benefit for fake church going hypocrites, you actually have to have some deep seated faith or belief structure. As with most scientific journalism there’s a lot of unanswered questions so I guess I’ll have to try and get the full fecking report now.
Like does it extend to folks who regularly meditate but are not religious, so is it just a measurement of calm people. Does it extend to folks who have a very structured personal belief that is not religious. Lots to find out I guess
There was a study–not new, possibly not replicated, sorry can’t remember details–of hospital patients w. iirc serious enough conditions divided into tthree groups at least 2 of which were Christian. One group told that no prayers would be said for their recovery, another that prayers were being said, and the third told neither. Outcomes for 1st & 3rd groups were about the same but the (believing) 2nd group didn’t fare anything like so well. Possibly indicative of nothing at all except interaction of mind & body.
Yes, turns out ignorance is in fact bliss… Still ignorance though.
Ignorance is bliss
Not sure how relevant this is, but remember when Ned Flanders was found to be way older than he appeared only because he’d never truly lived? This was the first thing that came to mind.
I would believe that. It’s often a sign of low to average intelligence the more religious a person is and the more gullible they are.
Having fundamental questions about existence answered for you, including the meaning of your life, removes a lot of anxiety.
Did the 20th century not teach us what religion did you our society