{"id":3623,"date":"2013-01-15T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2018-07-19T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T20:00:12","slug":"spiritual-not-religious-no-recipe-for-good-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/01\/spiritual-not-religious-no-recipe-for-good-health.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Spiritual, Not Religious&#8221; No Recipe for Good Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>If you&#8217;re &#8220;spiritual but not religious&#8221; be prepared for more affliction-\u00a0<\/em>or, at least this seems to be the take-home of a recent study by British researchers, according to a report by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crosswalkmail.com\/hnwhqmvwhnhzvfwgzsrplzjlvmzfbrrfncvlqqgqfcwmcqf_gywrylcwtngn.html\" target=\"_blank\">WORLD News Service<\/a>\u00a0summarized by <em>Religion Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Religion Professor Michael King of University College London surveyed more than 7,400 people: 35 percent described themselves as <em>religious<\/em>, 46 percent described themselves as neither <em>religious nor spiritual<\/em>, and 19 percent were in the s<em>piritual but not religious\u00a0<\/em>category. \u00a0The poor souls in this final group were significantly more likely to suffer from a variety of ailments. \u00a0They were, according to the British newspaper, <em>The Telegraph&#8230;77 percent more likely than the others to be dependent on drugs, 72 percent more likely to suffer from a phobia, and 50 percent more likely to have an anxiety disorder. They were also 40 percent more likely to be receiving treatment with psychotropic drugs, and at a 37 per cent higher risk of neurotic disorder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re &#8220;spiritual but not religious&#8221; be prepared for more affliction-\u00a0or, at least this seems to be the take-home of a recent study by British researchers, according to a report by\u00a0WORLD News Service\u00a0summarized by Religion Today. 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