In a study of the importance of religion by state, all the top ten most religious states are in the bottom half of the happiness study, and 8 of the 10 least religious states are in the top half of the happiness study.
I wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the Pentecostals I knew could do, and do VERY WELL was eat... There were NO restrictions on food in any of the churches I went to... and exercise was seen as futile bodily effort, because the Lord was coming back soon... no need to worry... we're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... folks were in a hurry to get down to the local Pizza Hut or Chili's after just about every service ....
I wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the Pentecostals I knew could do, and do VERY WELL was eat... There were NO restrictions on food in any of the churches I went to... and exercise was seen as futile bodily effort, because the Lord was coming back soon... no need to worry... we're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... folks were in a hurry to get down to the local Pizza Hut or Chili's after just about every service ....
Yup. For everything added to the list of "Thou shalt NOT" it is simply replaced by an extra helping of <fill in the name of a food item>.
i wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the pentecostals i knew could do, and do very well was eat... There were no restrictions on food in any of the churches i went to... And exercise was seen as futile bodily effort, because the lord was coming back soon... No need to worry... We're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... Folks were in a hurry to get down to the local pizza hut or chili's after just about every service ....
blasphemy!
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1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
(CBS) We don't recall any of the commandments saying "thou shall eat chocolate cake," but an unusual new study has found that people who regularly attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to battle obesity by middle age.
God only knows why. The scientists sure don't.
"We don't know why frequent religious participation is associated with development of obesity," said Matthew Feinstein, the study's lead investigator and a fourth-year student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "It's possible that getting together once a week and associating good works and happiness with eating unhealthy foods could lead to the development of habits that are associated with greater body weight and obesity."
The study tracked nearly 2,500 men and women over 18 years. They filtered for age, race, sex, education, income and baseline body mass index. The last one's important, because it shows that the religious were getting fatter, not that fat people were getting religious.
One thing the researchers could not account for was which God people were praying to. Feinstein says participants were mostly Protestant, but they didn't have enough information on other faiths to really gauge if any fared better than the others.
The news isn't all bad for the heavenly-minded.
"There have been a number of studies over the years that show more religious people tend to live longer, are less likely to smoke and have better mental health," Feinstein told CBS News. "Religious people are doing a lot right, but this is one special area where there is room for improvement."
In fact, another group at Northwestern is already experimenting with a faith-based weight loss program in a Chicago church. And there's reason to believe that those that pray together can also lose weight together.
So while God may work in mysterious ways, it's now clear that cookies and cake are pretty darn predictable.
I wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the Pentecostals I knew could do, and do VERY WELL was eat... There were NO restrictions on food in any of the churches I went to... and exercise was seen as futile bodily effort, because the Lord was coming back soon... no need to worry... we're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... folks were in a hurry to get down to the local Pizza Hut or Chili's after just about every service ....
I wonder if there's a weight limit for that "catching up"!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the Pentecostals I knew could do, and do VERY WELL was eat... There were NO restrictions on food in any of the churches I went to... and exercise (is) seen as futile bodily effort, because the Lord was coming back soon... no need to worry... we're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... folks were in a hurry to get down to the local Pizza Hut or Chili's after just about every service ....
Hmm, there's a Bible verse somewhere, about people who think they're saved but are actually fattening themselves up...
I wonder if religious affiliation has anything to do with the % of overweight or obese people in those states also?
One thing the Pentecostals I knew could do, and do VERY WELL was eat... There were NO restrictions on food in any of the churches I went to... and exercise was seen as futile bodily effort, because the Lord was coming back soon... no need to worry... we're going to be raptured out of here anyway, so eat to your heart's content...
And eating out after every service was a big social thing.... folks were in a hurry to get down to the local Pizza Hut or Chili's after just about every service ....
Not here, the Baptists always get there first.
I'm hungry, think I will go get something to eat.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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