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Is religion good for your health?
sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 4 days (www.nature.com)
Science and religion, anyone? Come now, stifle those yawns. A paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B1 this week claims to offer a fresh perspective, with the startling suggestion that religion is a way to protect us from disease.
The general idea behind this theory — that religion is mainly a social construct — is actually much older than the authors, Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, acknowledge 
Benefits of "magic mushroom" therapy are long lasting
sea-maid submitted, created time 6 months 1 day (www.nature.com)
The benefits for people who have had positive or even mystical experiences induced by the psychedelic drug psilocybin — the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms" — linger for as much as a year, according to the latest follow-up study of such patients.
The study offers more support to those who argue that, when used responsibly, some drugs more commonly taken for leisure can safely be used to relieve the stress associated with severe chronic diseases such as cancer.
New "Pro-Life Pharmacies" Defend Religious, Moral Objections
kavin submitted, created time 6 months 1 week (www.christianpost.com)
In 2002, Neil Noesen, a Wisconsin pharmacist and devout Roman Catholic, faced a nightmare after he was slapped with $20,000 in court fines and restrictions on his license for refusing to hand a patient prescription that could be used for an abortion.
That case, like dozens of other similar cases that have dotted the nation, have spurred the development of a growing number of new “pro-life pharmacies” that cater specifically to guarding the religious objections of pharmacists opposed to contraceptives and abortion drugs
Pro-separation student granted scholarship by ACLU
Darkfrog submitted, created time 9 months 1 week (www.aclu.org)
This isn't science news, per se, but it ties in with another article that I recommended here several months back: (http://www.discover8.com/article/Teacher_Gets_Religious_Student_Gets_Death_Threats_0)
Last year, Matthew LaClair had a teacher who was promoting creationism and denouncing evolution and the big bang in his public school constitutional law class. (For my non-US buds out here, separation of church and state is a very important concept in the US
Archaeological discovery elucidates misconceptions about domestication
Darkfrog submitted, created time 9 months 1 week (www.nytimes.com)
A discovery of ten donkey skeletons at a dig in Abydos reveals that the Egyptians didn't always view asses as a bumbling, low-rent form of transportation. The donkeys' skeletons show clear signs of wear and tear from freight work, but their hooves and teeth seem to indicate that they were cared for scrupulously and their general bone structure is almost identical to that of the wild ass. More significantly, the position of the burial site -- diggers initially expected to find human officials killed to accompany their king into the afterlife -- suggests a great deal of reverence
When Is Sedation Really Euthanasia?
jane2007 submitted, created time 9 months 2 weeks (www.time.com)
Terminal sedation is the decision to keep dying patients, who cannot be made comfortable in any other way, unconscious until they die. But when is this the same as euthanasia?
How we judge the thoughts of others
jane2007 submitted, created time 9 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
New research suggests we use the same brain region that we do when thinking about ourselves — but only as long as we judge the person to be similar to us. But this region does not become involved when second-guessing the opinions and feelings of those unlike ourselves. This may potentially helping to explain the causes of social tensions such as racism or religious disputes.
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.nature.com)
What I found interesting about this is that the results seem as though they would be applicable to spiritual people regardless of official religious affiliation and they are shown to be comparable to belief in a worldly justice system. The common thread seems to be something bigger than oneself.
Look at the suggestible word game carefully. It can also read, "She felt the spirit eradicate." Even without an object, that's spooky.
Physicians' Observations and Interpretations of the Influence of Religion and Spirituality on Health
amanda submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (archinte.ama-assn.org)
"Patients are likely to encounter quite different opinions about the relationship between their R/S and their health, depending on the religious characteristics of their physicians. "
Religious bias may color U.S. doctors’ views
amanda submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.msnbc.msn.com)
"Few topics are more likely to cause argument among doctors than the influence of religion on healing, but a survey suggests most physicians bring their ideas about religion into their practice, U.S. researchers reported on Monday."
Christian faith in the other good book
Vampire submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.newscientist.com)
Flocks of the Christian faithful in the US will this Sunday hold special services celebrating Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. The idea is to stand up to creationism, which claims the biblical account of creation is literally true, and which is increasingly being promoted under the guise of "intelligent design". Proponents of ID say the universe is so complex it must have been created by some unnamed designer.
Support for "Evolution Sunday" has grown 13 per cent to 530 congregations this year, from the 467 that celebrated the inaugural event last year
Teacher Gets Religious, Student Gets Death Threats
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.nytimes.com)
A public high school teacher in Kearny,NJ started a constitutional law class with a denunciation of the Big Bang, evolution and a declaration that all non-Christians were going to Hell – including a specific Muslim girl at the school. One of the students tape-recorded a week's worth of seminars and sent them to the principal, asking for corrective action and an apology.
................The amazing thing is that the locals sided with the teacher
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