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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
C&P
Is atheism bad for your health?
Dec 5, 2009 10:42 AM PST
CollegeMHCcom says:
I have heard that some studies shown that people with religious conviction live longer and are more happily married.
Research Shows Religion Plays A Major Role In Health, Longevity
ScienceDaily (May 17, 1999)
Living and Dying in the USA: Behavioral, Health, and Social Differentials of Adult Mortality by Richard G. Rogers, Robert A. Hummer, and Charles B. Nam
In reply to an earlier post on Dec 5, 2009 11:16 AM PST
O. Macias says:
Sure!
Should I also believe in Santa Claus to help my prostate and unicorns to cure my bipolar disorder?
Re: C&P
I can get behind believing in a higher power = happier, but only if you don't also believe that God is vengeful and angry. I can't imagine that being afraid of something you can neither see nor hear (unless, you know...) that it could be healthy for you.
Also - unicorns cure heart disease. They eat the fatty plaque that builds up in your arteries. Of course, then you have unicorn slobber in your system, so you need to have your appendix. Or you could eat someone else's. That works too.
Centenarians. Centurians are Roman soldiers (they had regiments of 100, hence the name), and centaurs are the horse guys.
Honestly, I think the key to longevity aside from genetics is contentment. If you're mostly happy with life and have little stress, you're probably going to live longer than people who worry themselves into the grave.
But also, the point of life is not to make it to the finish line with the most years behind you. I'd rather die happy at 60 than miserable at 120, y'know?