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# '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism Atheist]''' - a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. | # '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism Atheist]''' - a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is the rejection of belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. | ||
# '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_conversion Convert]''' - one who sets aside the religious traditions of his ancestors to pursue another faith that he feels better defines his duty to God. | # '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_conversion Convert]''' - one who sets aside the religious traditions of his ancestors to pursue another faith that he feels better defines his duty to God. | ||
== Teaching Scouts about Duty to God == | == Teaching Scouts about Duty to God == | ||
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# [https://www.nccs-bsa.org/ National Catholic Committee on Scouting] - BSA with Catholic Church. "[[Catholic Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)| Scouting is a youth ministry.]]" | # [https://www.nccs-bsa.org/ National Catholic Committee on Scouting] - BSA with Catholic Church. "[[Catholic Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)| Scouting is a youth ministry.]]" | ||
=== Benefits of Practicing Duty to God === | |||
==== 2018 Harvard Study ==== | |||
* [https://academic.oup.com/aje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aje/kwy142/5094534#121243228 2018 Harvard Study] has shown that youths who regularly attend religious services, pray or meditate may get a well-being boost that sticks around into young adulthood.<ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900033438/these-religious-practices-by-kids-are-linked-to-better-well-being-as-young-adults.html Religious Practices to Help Children be Happier (DeseretNews)]</ref> The study, by VanderWeele and Harvard research scientist Ying Chen, is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. (See also [[Benefits of Scouting]].) | |||
Among the findings, youths who attended religious services at least weekly as children and adolescents were: | |||
* About 18 percent more apt to report higher happiness between ages 23-30 than those who didn't | |||
* 29 percent more likely to be volunteers | |||
* 33 percent less likely to use illegal drugs | |||
Those who prayed or meditated at least daily as kids were, as young adults: | |||
* 16 percent more likely to report higher happiness | |||
* 30 percent less likely to have sex at a young age | |||
* 40 percent less likely to have a sexually transmitted disease | |||
=== Duty to God Quotes=== | === Duty to God Quotes=== | ||
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