Dr. J Show | September 27, 2023 - John Gravino

John Gravino is a Catholic author who explores the intersection of health and religion. His books are The Immoral Landscape of the New Atheism and Confronting the Pope of Suspicion. Gravino shares how studies in neuroscience prove that religion has the power to heal the human mind.

Sigmund Frued, Carl Jung, and others said religion was harmful to human flourishing. However, a study of Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns by a Harvard professor proved otherwise, specifically noting that prayer and meditation improved mental health and reduced stress.

Others, skeptical of these conclusions, conducted more tests, which gave the same results, including lowering anxiety and depression.

This completely undermines and contradicts the thesis of New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, Gravino points out. Instead, "the relentless pursuit of human desire leads to addiction and mental illness;" whereas, "religious practice leads to improved health outcomes, physical and psychological."

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Married with children equals happiness

A September 12 survey by the Institute for Family Studies shows that marriage is the biggest factor in people's reports of happiness.

Married parents report the highest levels of happiness, with 40% of married mothers and 35% of married fathers describing themselves as very happy. By comparison, only 17% of unmarried women and 12% of unmarried men with children say they are happy.

We are happiest when we are loving and being loved. Married women and men with children have the best chance of receiving stable, reliable love from their spouses. They also have the opportunity to give love to each other and to their children on a regular basis. No wonder married parents are the happiest demographic group!

The idea that independence and autonomy are the key to happiness was never more than an ideological fantasy. Employers loved the idea that having a job would make women happy. They could position themselves as the good progressives who just happened to benefit from a new pool of workers who were eager to prove themselves.

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Prayer Corner

Please pray for:

Agnes, bedridden with intense stomach pain.
Martha, suffering from fear and anxiety.
a man going to confession for the first time in 45 years.
a Christian organization in Uganda close to losing their office due to lack of funding.
two-year-old Robbie, expected to die within 72 hours from brain cancer, and for consolation for his parents, Ian and Jenn.
all the intentions of our Ruth readers and our general intention for September:

That Christians have the courage to speak the truth despite Cancel Culture.

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