Colin - is gravity imaginary as well? You can no more see God than you can see gravity. But you can see the effects of gravity, just as you can see the effects of God's influence on the world. You can come up with alternate explanations for God's influence, but you can also come up with alternate explanations for gravity.

Scientists have been searching for the gravitron, and all the other stuff in quantum physics. I myself have not been a part of that search. I believe in protons and electrons on faith - I've not actually seen them myself. But I'm pretty darn sure that they are there.

Just because I've never actually seen an electron, does that make it imaginary? Or is it alright for me to believe in them on faith, without ever actually having seen them?

The big bang theory is .... a theory. If I believe in the big bang, am I believing in something imaginary? I didn't actually see the big bang myself...

What a fascinating story. I disagree strongly with the contentions of the study's authors. It seems to be judgmental and anti-religion to me.

Actually, it's simpler than that. 'Religion and faith' as defined by many *involve* some kind of strident belief that there is only one life and that
'coping' with suffering *is* synonymous with faith.

You know, people screaming and wailing and holding demonstrations about 'small government' being supposed to not let go of someone brain-dead of anorexia and an hour or three of hypoxia,...way too long... Still wanting to claim that the faithful should demand... what? Bodies kept 'alive' on machines for people to be pious over, cause of what...

Someone else's fear.

Some may *say* it's 'faith' to cling so, however expensively for the living.

I'm not so sure that's what 'faith' is.

Much is said to be 'faith' by some, which is simply about fear, and control. 'Faith' is to too many, some unspoken notion that no one is ever good enough, but must be 'forgiven' or be tortured eternally by 'goodness.'

Weird. Sketchy.

Given who gets to be called 'faithful' in America, if you wanna try and rationalize the descriptions, I'd ask, ...who that's actually called 'at peace' with their end, actually gets counted as 'faithful?'

It's a sad irony that panic over this study seems to be... Not about, 'Are we helping our dying,' but, 'Why doesn't demanding they hang on through 'faith' *work?*

What if these desires *aren't* what 'works?' What if you just call it lack of faith' if someone can let *go?*

*My* faith doesn't hold to that.

Imagine if it was forbidden, on WAPO (onfaith/onreligion & postglobal) to use the words "OBAM{A}" Or the word "HEA{L}{i}NG" Or "FAI{TH}"? Or words "REL{IG}ION}" Or "JEW}i{SH"? Or "CH{RIS}T{IA{}N}"? "JE{HO}VA}H}" , "GO{D}"

w/out the Curly Brackets (open & close Quotes Marks Ok) AND, OR

For a test Run, witness WAPO's Discrimination, not on a certain CULT or a SECT but against TRUTH (opposite MYTH) & certain Writtings; Please remove curly brackets in WAPO's Editor & hit "Submit" button & submit For the Word:

"SH{i}L{O}H"
meaning the "PEACE", Freidan, PAZ, Mir, SHALOM or "SH{}{A}{L}{O}{M}", Salaam, Ahimsah, Zhingyu" BRINGER.

Please, enter in your editor, on WAPO, the Test word :

"HUE{-}MATES"
[WE} i, are 'Due TO BE' or potentially Evolved as HUEMATES now, not HUMAN anymore Remember: WE [i] are not "god(s) Chosen People" instead i [WE] are "IT"s NATURALLY-SELECTED ]. Enter the Word

"JO{}K}{T}AN"
[The UNITED Ancestors]
{WE [i] US Cometh from This Father/Mother EBERu line} hence [i] WE; US? are innately evolved as "HUEMATES" not as HUMAN anymore.

Hence: Pay attention The "MELCHIZEDEK PEACE-BLESSING" who hath removed the NOAH WAR BLESSING story's, & more of such "Good TiDINGS" that is prophetically cometh, as promised in ALL Ye "Infixus Books: CHUMASH/BIBLE, QURAN/KURAN & GEETA/KANGYURS..!!

Testing this word: (Remove the curly brackets in Editor & hit SUBMIT.

"P{E}{L}E{G"
[Means the "DIVIDED" ex-Eberu-ABRAHAMIC branchs/splintes of ,ALL, Every & Any Isaacstan, Ishamaelite, Jacob, Joseph, David, Solomon, Esau, Jesus, includes Jesse & Muhammad Folks, Mormons too etc.., They are unlike US "JO{}K}{T}AN"ian HUEMATE-arians of this Blesseth (zero Curseth/Sineth storys) Holyi Cosmic NEBULA aware’d folk of Their "IT" (G-D) as being innately but "Naturally Select-ioned" , aka, WE are Thee Chosen [Dynamic APOCALYPTIC] "JO{}K}{T}AN"ian) EBERu race!

NOT them jealous P{E}{L}E{G [Stale Preapocalyptic] wanabe "god(s)Chosen People" old-Songs! Zero NEW-SONG!

WOW! WHY WAPO???? WHO {Sect?, Cult?, Preacher, Editor, Moderator(s), Mormon {via Michael Otterson?}, Evangelousical? , rick Warren? {Chuck Colson}? David Waters & Fareed Zakaria?, Deepak Chopra? The Vatican the Wahabbi's, Chief Rabbinites {Adin Steinsaltz}?, & or Brad Hirsch{field}? etc..} et al, are Behind This Blatant 1st Amendment Violation conspiracy & Jealous Anti Public-Internet DEVILISH/EVIL Censorings & Lynchings???

Wow! Please WAPO & Co., stop Jealously Blocking OUR, not your, Intellectual works about the "IT" [G-D doing work & becoming what one is becoming] And then Borrow for Ye gains or Withholding such whiteboarding hard work from its genuine Authors!?

"The study, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that "cancer patients who use 'positive religious coping' -- collaborating with God to overcome illness -- are more likely to seek heroic measures in an attempt to prolong life."

Collaborating with the "imaginary god" would be more accurate. But just plain old positive attitude works just as well.
No need to believe absurd fairy tales to get well. That's for the kiddies.