This morning, I went to Sky Harbor airport to pick up a friend. While there, I noticed the Muslim cabdrivers doing their prayers. It was alot of up and down, bending and overall looked like a pretty good workout. It got me to thinking of the times I have gone to the Catholic Church with my wife, and they do what I call Catholic aerobics, up, down, kneel, cross, up ,down, kneel, cross. Well, one time one of my ex-wives got me to go to a Nazarene Church, in California, and they were rolling around, getting a really good workout.
So with all this good execise, do you think those folks will have a longer lifespan than say, Episcopalians, or Methodists, or others who just sit there to worship?
I know Jehovah's Witnesses must have good cardio with all that walking and knocking.
As an Atheist, I only have my home gym, the B.E.D. Would I get a better workout if I convert to one of these ideologies?
What do you think?
2007-10-01 08:12:19 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't care about your question...
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2007-10-01 08:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by Nea 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Cute. Honestly, walking is good exercise. However, I doubt changing belief systems would get you more execise than simply exercising. Though I have heard of some belief systems which have rather healthy standards on eating, and honestly, many belief systems have regulations on such things as sexual activity that help promote health. So, who knows.
2007-10-01 14:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by Ishvarlan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loss of faith in EL Supremo comes from reason. It is the same Reason (Capital R intended) that underlies science. Science is a word deriving from Greek, and it means "to know". You need Reason for that. So, you do not need extensive scientific knowledge (as we understand the phrase today) but if you have a Reasoning Mind, then you are able to understand Scientific arguments better (you may still not understand the equations and the arcana but the overall argument). That is all.
2016-05-18 02:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well thought out question, and I busted out laughing when I read it! I suppose so, since when I was Catholic I was fit as a baseball player, but when I stopped going, I got a bit chubby...maybe it was God punishing me, or maybe it was not doing acrobatics.But now I go out more and stuff, so I would guess that you don't NEED to be in a religion to be fit...just need to go out more...^_^
2007-10-01 10:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I practice martial arts every morning for 2 hours, and I later exercise with barbells. I might get some physical exercise if I joined the people you mention, but my brain might die from lack of exercise. My sister attends church 3 times a week, and her brain is dead. Was her brain already dead and that caused her to begin attending church, or did attending church kill what little brain she had?
2007-10-01 08:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think there are better reasons to exercise than to acknowledge an invisible man. Besides, wouldn't all that kneeling and bowing hurt your back and knees? Try the elliptical -- all the fuss, but no impact -- or supernatural brownie points.
2007-10-01 08:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Come help this old gal train a horse, and I don't care who you are, you will get your workout. I am particularly happy when I have a young Sweetheart to help me.
2007-10-01 09:48:53 · answer #7 · answered by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ehh, screw it. Who cares about working out.
But I really do think that Jehovah's witnesses are the most fit. They come to my house atleast 1nce a week. Also this other really shot out church comes, but they are non denominational? and they are just really wierd, and the preacher and his wife are actually step brother and sister.They were raised together since birth as brother and sister. come to find out, they had to get married to one another at 21. Wierd to me. Arranged marriage, and raised as brother and sister?
2007-10-01 08:21:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Don't forget that most religious of exercises: jumping to conclusions!
2007-10-01 09:47:09 · answer #9 · answered by Brent Y 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My middle finger is getting a good workout on the mouse wheel.
2007-10-01 08:19:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 1⤋
based on the fact that america has a huge amount of christians, and a huge amount of severely obese people, i would say no
as an atheist i get a lot of exercise running from lynch mobs
2007-10-01 08:22:08 · answer #11 · answered by Sheed 4 · 11⤊ 1⤋