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Researchers report in areas with greater numbers of Christian fundamentalists, infant mortality rates are higher than in areas with more mainstream Christians. The study reveals external factors such as lack of social support, birth defects, poverty and lack of insurance, in addition to religious conviction, are the main reasons for the increased mortality rates.
The odds of an infant dying before their first birthday are higher in counties with greater proportions of conservative Protestants, especially fundamentalists, than in counties with more mainline Protestants and Catholics, according to a new Portland State University study The study, published online in May in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, supports the idea that the more insular, anti-institutional culture of fundamentalists can lead to poorer health outcomes.
Ginny Garcia-Alexander, a sociology professor in PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the study's lead author, examined the influence of religion on postneonatal infant mortality rates, or the number of deaths from four weeks through the first year, using data from 1990 through 2010. Garcia-Alexander said a leading cause of infant death in the first 28 days is birth defects, which can be heavily influenced by advances in medical knowledge and technology. By contrast, deaths in the next 11 months of life are more often linked to external factors such as poverty, lack of insurance, social support networks and religion.
Garcia-Alexander said the findings mirror trends seen in adult mortality rates, where areas with more mainline Protestants and Catholics had better health outcomes than areas with more conservative Protestants.
The study's findings build on previous research that says that Catholicism and mainline Protestantism are civically minded, externally oriented faiths that emphasize community-level care. For example, church-affiliated hospitals and social-service providers such as Catholic Charities can bolster the health infrastructure of local communities.
Source: https://neurosciencenews.com/infant-mortality-fundamentalism-9165/
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday June 19 2018, @08:47PM (9 children)
If you're taking this literally, I guess? Jesus said a hell of a lot of stuff that the disciples took literally and looked like idiots because of it. I'd interpret this as saying "you won't convince everyone in Israel to follow your faith before Judgment Day comes," which is more a comment on human nature than a timetable.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @10:19PM (1 child)
How about https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.+24%3A34%3B+Mark+13%3A30%3B+Luke+21%3A32&version=NRSV [biblegateway.com]
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:53AM
Bingo. And for bonus funsies, anyone who reads Koine knows the word for "generation" here means a literal generation, here and everywhere else it's used :D
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:52AM (6 children)
You would interpret it as saying that because you want to protect your faith. That's cowardly. Let Jesus speak for himself, even if he's wrong.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday June 20 2018, @03:35PM (5 children)
A) No, I'm not. I've just gotten into the habit of explaining things when people post "Christianity is so dumb, none of it makes any sense" and post an out-of-context quote that looks bad at first blush.
B) How the hell does that make any sense? Definitionally, how is defending something cowardly?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday June 21 2018, @07:39AM (4 children)
Your explanations don't work. And you're apparently too afraid to look at your religion with a critical eye to examine them, hence why it's cowardly. Face it, your God is a complete genocidal lunatic and the religion itself is a crazed death cult. I would have been a better God than Yahweh at age 5.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:50PM (3 children)
Go take a chill pill, Azuma.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 22 2018, @05:46PM (2 children)
No. I'm not going to "chill" when it comes to this unholy trinity of genocidal lunacy, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I can't think of any ideology other than Communism that's killed so many people and made so many suffer. Stop spreading this shit. For someone who "doesn't follow that stuff anymore" you're weirdly quick to defend it.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 22 2018, @06:04PM (1 child)
I don't think "defend" means what you think it means.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday June 23 2018, @03:57AM
Oh yes it does. I think it doesn't mean what *you* think it means. This is not difficult.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...