Let's hypothesize what a "god" actually is

[Quantum Windbag]

'Spiritual' young people more likely to commit crimes than 'religious' ones -- ScienceDaily

And?

 

[PostmodernProph]

'Spiritual' young people more likely to commit crimes than 'religious' ones -- ScienceDaily

I wonder if the numbers change if you separate those who use drugs to get a "spiritual" high?.........

 

[Boss]

The studies only conclude there is a higher prevalence in non-religious people, it doesn't determine why that is the case (causation).

Nowhere does it state alcoholism, etc. is more prevalent, etc.

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

Religion and happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

850 research papers on the topic concluded that "the majority of well-conducted studies found that higher levels of religious involvement are positively associated with indicators of psychological well-being (life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and higher morale) and with less depression, suicidal thoughts and behavior, drug/alcohol use/abuse.

An analysis of over 200 social studies contends that "high religiousness predicts a lower risk of depression and drug abuse and fewer suicide attempts, and more reports of satisfaction with sex life and a sense of well-being.

 

[pacer]

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

In summary, a strong support system is THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect of rehabilitation. It is not necessary to believe in God or a higher power. Believe in yourself.

 

[Boss]

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

In summary, a strong support system is THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect of rehabilitation. It is not necessary to believe in God or a higher power. Believe in yourself.

Never contradicted this or stated otherwise.

#FAIL

 

[pacer]

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

In summary, a strong support system is THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect of rehabilitation. It is not necessary to believe in God or a higher power. Believe in yourself.

Never contradicted this or stated otherwise.

#FAIL

Then we agree.

 

[daws101]

'Spiritual' young people more likely to commit crimes than 'religious' ones -- ScienceDaily

And?

and what?

 

[daws101]

'Spiritual' young people more likely to commit crimes than 'religious' ones -- ScienceDaily

I wonder if the numbers change if you separate those who use drugs to get a "spiritual" high?.........

the effect is the same the cause is inconsequential..
speaking of a DISPARITY IN NUMBERS , religious people out number atheists by a huge margin.
that would skew the numbers in their favor.
wonder if any of the studies took that into account?

 

[daws101]

The studies only conclude there is a higher prevalence in non-religious people, it doesn't determine why that is the case (causation).

Nowhere does it state alcoholism, etc. is more prevalent, etc.

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

Religion and happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

850 research papers on the topic concluded that "the majority of well-conducted studies found that higher levels of religious involvement are positively associated with indicators of psychological well-being (life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and higher morale) and with less depression, suicidal thoughts and behavior, drug/alcohol use/abuse.

An analysis of over 200 social studies contends that "high religiousness predicts a lower risk of depression and drug abuse and fewer suicide attempts, and more reports of satisfaction with sex life and a sense of well-being.

I think we all got that after the first thousand times you wrote it...

 

[Quantum Windbag]

'Spiritual' young people more likely to commit crimes than 'religious' ones -- ScienceDaily

And?

and what?

I thought you had a point I was missing.

I can admit I was wrong.

 

[PostmodernProph]

the effect is the same the cause is inconsequential..

please....share the data as well as your findings.....

 

[PostmodernProph]

religious people out number atheists by a huge margin.
that would skew the numbers in their favor.
wonder if any of the studies took that into account?

???...why would that alter percentages?.....

 

[Quantum Windbag]

religious people out number atheists by a huge margin.
that would skew the numbers in their favor.
wonder if any of the studies took that into account?

???...why would that alter percentages?.....

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

 

[daws101]

religious people out number atheists by a huge margin.
that would skew the numbers in their favor.
wonder if any of the studies took that into account?

???...why would that alter percentages?.....

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

false! now admit you're wrong!

 

[PostmodernProph]

???...why would that alter percentages?.....

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

false! now admit you're wrong!

you do realize you've never answered my question, right?.....

 

[Quantum Windbag]

???...why would that alter percentages?.....

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

false! now admit you're wrong!

I am wrong about many things.

This doesn't happen to be one of them.

 

[daws101]

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

false! now admit you're wrong!

you do realize you've never answered my question, right?.....

actually I did...by not responding I gave you the opportunity to check the facts yourself....

 

[daws101]

Because he barely understand that statistics exist, and is easily confused when people that do understand them talk about sampling errors.

false! now admit you're wrong!

I am wrong about many things.

This doesn't happen to be one of them.

again false!
in reality you have absolutely no idea how much or how little myself or any other poster may or may not know about any given subject...
your smugness and overconfidence are amazing!

 

[daws101]

DMT: A Natural Psychedelic Created in Your Brain




DMT, DOPAMINE and THE NATURAL HIGH


The Biology of the Inner Light

Meditation evokes pineal DMT release through EM vibrations. Visionary experience with symbolic or religious content gives way to dazzling light of illumination, reported in eastern and western religions. Meditation modulates pineal activity, eliciting a standing wave through resonance effects that coordinates other brain centers with both chemicals and electromagnetism. Resonance is induced in the pineal gland using electric, magnetic, or sound energy, resynchronizing both hemispheres of the brain, resulting in a chain of synergetic harmony that releases DMT, an endogenous psychedelic. The pineal contains high levels of enzymes and building-blocks for DMT, which may be secreted when inhibitory processes cease blocking its production with other chemicals, such as beta-carbolines which magnify and prolong DMT effects. DMT is the source of visionary Light in transpersonal experiences. Its primary source, the pineal, has traditionally been referred to as the Third Eye. Curiously, this gland is light sensitive and actually has a lens, cornea, and retina. DMT production is particularly stimulated in the extraordinary conditions of birth, sexual ecstasy, childbirth, extreme physical stress, near-death, psychosis, and physical death, as well as meditation. Pineal DMT may also play a significant role in dream consciousness.

Meditative techniques using sound, sight, or awareness may generate particular wave patterns whose fields induce resonance in the brain. Millennia of human trial and error have determined that certain ‘sacred’ worlds, visual images, and mental exercises exert uniquely desired effects, causing multiple systems to vibrate and pulse at certain frequencies. When our minds and bodies resonate with these spiritual exercises the pineal begins to ‘vibrate’ at frequencies that weaken its multiple barriers to DMT formation and release.

The mindbody is electronic, but it is rooted in the luminosity of its invisible ground. Living systems are very sensitive to tiny energy fields and resonance phenomena, both locally and at a distance. They allow the cells of the body to work together instantaneously and symphonically. All biological processes are a function of electromagnetic field interactions. EM fields are the connecting link between the world of form and resonant patterns. EM fields embody or store gestalts, patterns of information. Biochemical action and bioelectronic action meet at the quantum-junction.

We can return to Nature and our nature, collectively preparing a paradigm shift for a new shared reality and trajectory of physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual coherence. The silent frictionless flow of living intelligence is beyond words and conceptual constructs. We are a process of recursive self-generation. This continuum, which is our groundstate or creative Source, is directly discoverable in the immediacy of the emergent embodied moment, in the living Light that generates our Being.


Illumination has been described as being blinded by the manifestation of God’s presence. This brightness has no relation to any visible light. Visionary experience, which has symbolic or religious content, may give way to this dazzling light, which is reported in eastern and western religions. No wonder it is called illumination, and it can confer a palpable glow to the person that is perceptible after the return to ordinary awareness.
DMT *

 

[Boss]

Nowhere does it state alcoholism, etc. is more prevalent, etc.

Yep. 1,500+ research papers, social studies and peer reviewed research all made the correlation.

Religion and happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

850 research papers on the topic concluded that "the majority of well-conducted studies found that higher levels of religious involvement are positively associated with indicators of psychological well-being (life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and higher morale) and with less depression, suicidal thoughts and behavior, drug/alcohol use/abuse.

An analysis of over 200 social studies contends that "high religiousness predicts a lower risk of depression and drug abuse and fewer suicide attempts, and more reports of satisfaction with sex life and a sense of well-being.

I think we all got that after the first thousand times you wrote it...

Really? You think we all "got it" when pacer posts this?
Nowhere does it state alcoholism, etc. is more prevalent, etc.
When it clearly does state it, over and over, in not just one or two studies by some oddball Christian group... but over 200 peer-reviewed clinical studies by reputable people. All coming to the same conclusion and confirming a correlation between religiosity and well-being. Literally thousands of papers, researches, studies... ALL concluding and confirming this.

Now... YOU got it! As soon as I posted it, you stopped arguing and began posting your cute little Gusta cartoons. You raise up now and then to interject some more of your stupidity or further insult someone, but you know the argument was over days ago. Kuddos to you, pacer doesn't seem so smart.