wyguy Posted August 6, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Thinking About God Calms Believers, Stresses Atheists Researchers have determined that thinking about God can help relieve anxiety associated with making mistakes. However, the finding only holds for people who believe in a God. The researchers measured brain waves for a particular kind of distress response while participants made mistakes on a test. Those who had been prepared with religious thoughts had a less prominent response to mistakes than those who hadn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromIslam2Christ Posted August 6, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 234 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/08/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/16/1978 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Thinking About God Calms Believers, Stresses Atheists Atheists shouldn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted August 7, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 540 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,867 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 23,577 Days Won: 228 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I have NEVER understood why atheists get so worked up about their non beliefs Also if they dont believe why do they almost awlays use God and / or Jesus name when they are stressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Marc Posted August 7, 2010 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 15 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/05/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/08/1946 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Unfortunately, having "religious beliefs" doesn't guarantee that one is born again and will spend eternity in heaven. Jesus said, "Ye must be born again." He did not say, "Ye must be religious." The most religious people of Jesus' day were the Pharisees, and they were the most hypocritical. They boasted on their own goodness and all they did for the poor. They boasted on all the money gave. Jesus called them hypocrites and other derogatory terms. For a while before realizing I was lost and turning to Christ, I was very religious and a hypocrite. I'm quite that most of that 85% have never been born again and are just trusting in their religion and their own goodness, but God says that "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted August 7, 2010 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I have NEVER understood why atheists get so worked up about their non beliefs Also if they dont believe why do they almost awlays use God and / or Jesus name when they are stressed The reason why I think atheists are so easily worked up about religion and talk about God is because they aren't as sure of themselves as they make out? Some are really God haters, and others are skeptics, but they aren't really sure? The conclusions of the study make perfect sense. mmmmmm, can't think of the name of it....whats the name of that psychological disorder....the one where a person allows something he doesn't believe in affect his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyguy Posted August 7, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 I have NEVER understood why atheists get so worked up about their non beliefs Also if they dont believe why do they almost awlays use God and / or Jesus name when they are stressed The reason why I think atheists are so easily worked up about religion and talk about God is because they aren't as sure of themselves as they make out? Some are really God haters, and others are skeptics, but they aren't really sure? The conclusions of the study make perfect sense. mmmmmm, can't think of the name of it....whats the name of that psychological disorder....the one where a person allows something he doesn't believe in affect his life. The proper medical term is "cwazy" What really makes me curious is, if atheists believe that this life is all there is, why do they waste so much of that one and only life fighting against people who believe in God? If I were an atheist, I'd spend that time having as much fun as I possibly could..."eat, drink, be merry" ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted August 8, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 540 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,867 Content Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 23,577 Days Won: 228 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted August 8, 2010 My father was an atheist ( we are praying that he repented and accepted Christ before his sudden death this February as he certainly KNEW and used to be a believer ) He was so adamant that my sisters and I were wasting our time but one story I will always remember... He was reading a guide book and became very agitated. He told us that some religeous nut must have written it as the name of Jesus was on every page in the book.... we all looked and looked,we had been told what we were looking for and spent ages ( one of my sisters even used a magnifying glass ) but no matter where we looked we couldnt see the name anywhere After we had tried for around an hour he showed us ...... On EVERY page the name of Jesus was " hidden " .. in the pattern of leaves, in the rocks of a sea side picture, in pictures of flowers ... every page in that book but we , who all have a strong faith, coukdnt find them even when we knew we were looking for them , but the one person who claimed not to believe had seen Jesus' name the instant he had started to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyguy Posted August 9, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3,331 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 71 Days Won: 10 Joined: 10/15/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/24/1965 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 My father was an atheist ( we are praying that he repented and accepted Christ before his sudden death this February as he certainly KNEW and used to be a believer ) He was so adamant that my sisters and I were wasting our time but one story I will always remember... He was reading a guide book and became very agitated. He told us that some religeous nut must have written it as the name of Jesus was on every page in the book.... we all looked and looked,we had been told what we were looking for and spent ages ( one of my sisters even used a magnifying glass ) but no matter where we looked we couldnt see the name anywhere After we had tried for around an hour he showed us ...... On EVERY page the name of Jesus was " hidden " .. in the pattern of leaves, in the rocks of a sea side picture, in pictures of flowers ... every page in that book but we , who all have a strong faith, coukdnt find them even when we knew we were looking for them , but the one person who claimed not to believe had seen Jesus' name the instant he had started to read God reaches out to people in the most amazing ways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silviawang Posted August 11, 2010 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 825 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 153 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 11, 2010 Unfortunately, having "religious beliefs" doesn't guarantee that one is born again and will spend eternity in heaven. Jesus said, "Ye must be born again." He did not say, "Ye must be religious." The most religious people of Jesus' day were the Pharisees, and they were the most hypocritical. They boasted on their own goodness and all they did for the poor. They boasted on all the money gave. Jesus called them hypocrites and other derogatory terms. For a while before realizing I was lost and turning to Christ, I was very religious and a hypocrite. I'm quite that most of that 85% have never been born again and are just trusting in their religion and their own goodness, but God says that "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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