Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to ...
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Most Americans believe science and religion are incompatible, but a recent study suggests that scientific engagement can actually promote belief in God.
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Reminders of God can make people more likely to seek out and take risks, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The findings suggest that people are ...
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A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.
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Does thinking about faith make religious people more likely to take leaps? A new study lead by York University's Faculty of Health says yes, finding that participants were more likely to take risks when thinking about God ...
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Researchers have found that defendants who don't "swear by Almighty God" when in court run a higher risk of being found guilty by jurors who themselves swear by God.
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A study of chronically ill U.S. adults suggests that people who experience greater degrees of suffering also experience greater degrees of religious uncertainty and struggle. The research, which examines the link between ...
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Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being—mattering to others, dignity, and meaning ...
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A national study examines the link between perceived relationship with God and mental health from a sample of more than 1,600 Americans. The research suggests that religious believers who relate to God in an uncertain or ...
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Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a University of Otago study has found.
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God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions (and other belief systems) who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism.
God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. Theologians have ascribed a variety of attributes to the many different conceptions of God. The most common among these include omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.
God has also been conceived as being incorporeal (immaterial), a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent". These attributes were all supported to varying degrees by the early Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologian philosophers, including Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo, and Al-Ghazali, respectively. Many notable medieval philosophers and modern philosophers have developed arguments for and against the existence of God.
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