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Practical examples of how different religions can affect our health

Guest post by: Steve Charles

Article Overview: Many religions and philosophies that make use of logic and reason go hand in hand with science, and others are not so close views on technological progress. A clear example of how a religion can negatively affect our health is to ban the use of barrier methods such as condoms.

Practical examples of how different religions can affect our health

Many religions and philosophies that make use of logic and reason go hand in hand with science, and others are not so close views on technological progress. A clear example of how a religion can negatively affect our health is to ban the use of barrier methods such as condoms. For many years, some religions are against the use of such protections say they are against the will of God. Today, both the scientific community, popular culture as many religions, recognize that condoms greatly reduces the number of infections of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Another practical example, are religions that do not allow blood transfusions when a patient needs to undergo surgery or are at risk of life. Beyond the moral and ethical bases that each religion has in this case, a person without any philosophy or belief that prevents you from receiving blood, could save your life by accepting the generous donation of another, but if you are prevented by philosophy of life you've chosen, it could affect your life, even to the point of losing it.

Rastafarians, a religion prevalent in most of Africa and Jamaica, popularized by Bob Marley, have as one of its main bases marijuana. While it has its positive properties to reduce pain or treat diseases such as glaucoma, continued and constant use can affect health significantly, may be a factor in certain types of cancer, and respiratory system problems and immune.

But not only physically religion can have great influence; you can do in our mental health. For many years, with the release of the gay movement were increasingly condemned and religions that condemn homosexual couples, treating a disease or pest to be eradicated by going against nature. This type of homophobic attitudes can have an important impact on a person's life, affect their identity and important problems causing trauma to the social level.

But beliefs of life we ​​can not only affect us negatively, all also have very positive things. Something that many religions share is the cultivation of human values: solidarity, kindness, forgiveness, kindness, dedication, perseverance, justice and so on ... are universal values ​​that have been precisely professed religions to improve the lives of men. Some religions of Eastern origin based on the Buddhist theory only based on the fundamentals of the values ​​mentioned above, also make use of psychology and common sense to give people hope. For example, they advise not to look back too much and regret the past, but think of "from now", "from now" facing a bright future. They encourage their followers not to be dominated by emotions and act with common sense and wisdom. This method is consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy developed by U.S. psychologist Aaron Beck.

In psychological terms, the influence of religious beliefs may be a cause of great benefits to our health. Research has shown that positive psychological changes in mental status of an individual or a revolution in the philosophy of life, have caused a natural reduction of diseases such as cancer. The worsening of the mental approach is considered the most destructive effect of their own physical condition. If religion helps revolutionize the philosophy of the individual or to improve their psychological state, and thus positively influences the course of a disease, its importance in medical therapy is extremely important.

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