Christianity can actually help wellbeing!

Christianity can actually help wellbeing!

Welcome back to my blog. Thank you for taking time to read it.

We are starting a new series on the exciting research findings from Teleios! Last week we discussed the reasons for our

passion at Teleios to explore the veracity of scripture. Today let us set off on a journey to discover the actual scientific

data about how the Bible helps us. It is amazing!

Our first topic is perhaps the most vital: that Bible-based Christianity generally improves wellbeing. These data come

from two main sources.

 Teleios - We have found through surveys and prospective studies that Christianity actually helps wellbeing both

generally and for specific health measures. We will discuss these findings next week.

 The medical literature – Peer-reviewed scientific studies support improved wellbeing with Christianity! As we

began our research at Teleios this was a surprise to us. We found many studies indicating wellbeing was

improved by the practice of religion. Importantly, almost all these medical studies were performed in historically

Christian countries. This indicates that most all the patients in the studies would have been either social or

believing Christians. Many of these studies can be seen in our published papers available on our website.

Otherwise, you can conduct your own search of the medical literature at Pubmed.

So let’s examine the medical literature. The findings are impressive and have shown that wellbeing is improved with

religion in:

 Demographics - All age groups (10 years and older), both genders, and African American as well as Caucasian

races.

 Broad wellbeing effect - Specific wellbeing related measures such as: sense of purpose, satisfaction, hope,

stronger social relationships, and ability to forgive.

 Social measures - Vital areas of life such as the family, career, a sense of community and socialization.

 Physical health – Healthy and patient populations. Specific diseases include: glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis,

various cancers, chronic pain, fatigue, diabetes, diabetic eye disease, congestive heart failure, and HIV.

Religion has shown very few negative effects on wellbeing. Most commonly these have been related to the limited

expression of one's faith to either internal or external religious activities alone or to those who have an adversarial

relationship with God. The latter type of person might be one who does not understand grace as a means to salvation,

instead working to try to satisfy God.

Indeed, it is striking to see that so many researchers have found, through scientific studies, the benefit of religion on

wellbeing in Christian countries. These data are extensive and consistent enough that perhaps no other proof is needed

from a scientific standpoint. We have a great God who has benefited us with salvation through Christ by grace and

provided scripture that through the power of the Holy Spirit we can live useful and joyful lives.

Join us again next week as we look at evidence from Teleios’ efforts demonstrating Christianity can improve wellbeing.

William C. Stewart, MD

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