Difference between revisions of "Atheism and gluttony"

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Stephen Fry is a homosexual and an atheist.

Gluttony is the inability to resist one's appetite. According to the Bible, gluttony is a sin.^[1]

On the other hand, atheists engage in denialism concerning the existence of sin and indicate that sin does not exist. For example, the atheist PZ Myers, who possesses excess body weight (see: Atheism and obesity), denies the validity of the concept of original sin.^[2]

Gallup Poll on the very religious, moderately religious and non-religious and health habits

According to the Gallup Inc., "Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious."^[3]

Studies on religion and self-control

The prestigious Mayo Clinic found that that religious involvement and spirituality are associated with better physical health, mental health, health-related quality of life and other health outcomes.^[4] See: Atheism and health

See also: Gluttony and Atheism and hedonism and Atheism and obesity and Atheism and health

In the journal article Religion, self-regulation, and self-control: Associations, explanations, and implications, psychologists McCullough and Willoughby theorize that many of the positive links of religiousness with health and social behavior may be caused by religion's beneficial influences on self-control/self-regulation.^[5][6] Furthermore, a 2012 Queen's University study published in Psychological Science found that religion replenishes self-control.^[7][8] Also, numerous studies indicate that those who engage in regular spiritual practices have lower mortality rates.^{[9] [10]}

See also:

• Atheism and hedonism

• Atheism and obesity

• Atheism and the fat acceptance movement

• Atheism and health

• Atheism and emotional intelligence

• Sports performance: Religious faith vs. atheism

Other articles related to atheism and gluttony/obesity

China has the largest atheist population in the world.^[11] In 2014, the British medical journal Lancet reported that the Chinese now have the second highest obesity rate in the world.^[12][13]

A recent study published in the Obesity Reviews journal, found that Chinese teenagers' rate of diabetes was four times that of their American peers.^[14] See: Atheism and obesity

Atheist organizations/groups and obesity:

• New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight

• American Atheists and obesity

Secular geographic areas and obesity:

• Atheistic China and obesity

• Secular Europe and obesity

Irreligion, age groups and obesity:

• Millennials, irreligion and obesity

• Generation X, irreligion and obesity

• Baby boom generation, irreligion and obesity

Atheism and morality

Not possessing a religious basis for morality which provides a legitimate basis for objective morality, atheists are fundamentally incapable of having a coherent system of morality.^[15] For example, atheists have been the biggest mass murderers in history (see: Atheism and mass murder).

For more information, please see:

• Atheism and morality

• Moral failings of the atheist community

See also

• Atheism and irrationality

• Atheism and intelligence

• Atheism and the theory of multiple intelligences

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