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“Should Doctors Prescribe Religion for Mental Health?”

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Evidence for the Soul? A Reply to Michael Shermer

Have scientists discovered the human soul? Research on mental health suggests that the mind appears to manifest certain soul-like attributes, namely, the experience of reward and punishment.

by John Gravino

St. Paul, Neuroscientist for the Ages: How Neuroscience Agrees with the Apostle That the Loss of Religion Means the Loss of Our Minds and Souls

Science is discovering the truth of St. Paul’s writings. And the horrible truth science is discovering? Secularism is not ushering in an enlightenment, but a mental health apocalypse instead.

by John Gravino

Are Conservatives Finally Waking Up to the Mental Health Crisis in America?

America’s youth are crumbling from a long running epidemic of mental illness, says Mona Charen over at National Review Online. I’ve been shouting this message from the rooftops for close to two years now—and most recently, from the rooftops of Duke Medical School. It is encouraging to see this frightening tragedy finally get the attention it […]

by John Gravino

The Science of Sinning Less—From Christianity Today

Practicing Christians have more self-control than lax Christians and secular people according to a study that is featured in the latest issue of Christianity Today. [Bold emphasis is mine.] Because Christianity requires self-control, it logically follows that it also builds it, and thus we can expect active Christians to have relatively high levels of self-control. And […]

by John Gravino

Advertisement for My Duke Lecture—Happening 4-26-17

Just thought I would share this with you. It’s the advertisement for my Duke lecture that is going out to seminar participants. Title: “Does Religion Really Poison Everything? A Critical Review of New Atheist Perspectives on Religion and Science” In his 1999 book Rocks of Ages, the late Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould coined […]

by John Gravino

The Mental Health Catch-22 for Churches

Do churches belong in the business of mental health care or not? Here is one point of view from an article by Mary Rezac at the Catholic News Agency. Bold emphasis is mine: Maria had been struggling with some depressive and anxious thoughts for a while, although at the time, she didn’t recognize them as […]

by John Gravino

From the Federalist—Psychiatry Professor: ‘Transgenderism’ Is Mass Hysteria Similar To 1980s-Era Junk Science

I post this link without commentary. All I will say is that this is a must-read: The movement’s philosophy qualifies it as a popular delusion similar to the multiple-personality craze, and the ‘satanic ritual abuse’ and ‘recovered memory’ hysterias of the 1980s and 90s. Source: Psychiatry Professor: ‘Transgenderism’ Is Mass Hysteria Similar To 1980s-Era Junk […]

by John Gravino

Announcement: Speaking to St. Andrew’s Men’s Society, Apex, NC

I will be speaking to the St. Andrew’s Men’s Society on Wednesday, October 19th, at 7:30 p.m. The title of the talk is “Neuroscience and the New Evangelization: How New Research Vindicates the Biblical View of Human Nature,” and it all happens in the Care Center at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Apex. Copies of my […]

by John Gravino

Why the LGBT Community Needs to Stop Fighting and Start Listening—to Christians

A few days ago, I got into an argument with a number of LGBT advocates on Twitter over one of my tweets. Here it is: @ZackFord @BrandanJR Why is mental health so poor in gays?It’s because they r bad Christians.Stick to the science: — John Gravino (@john_gravino) August 24, 2016 I was responding to the […]

by John Gravino

Gender Ideology Harms Children | American College of Pediatricians

A very important statement from the American College of Pediatricians has been circulating around the web, and I wanted to share it with you. They have made it very clear in this statement that some of the recent developments in the transgender movement are not at all good for children. See for yourself (bold emphasis […]

by John Gravino

Can I Define “Spiritual”? Can You Explain Prophecy?**

This week I have had several debates on Twitter about my book. A number of skeptics have been challenging my thesis that religious practices promote mental health and function. As I have pointed out repeatedly, this is more than a religious teaching; it is also a scientific finding—one that is being taken very seriously by the […]