52 Practical/Scientific Reasons to go to Church...besides the obvious ones. #39


	52 Practical/Scientific Reasons to go to Church...besides the obvious ones. #39

Efrain Alvarado

3-25-2008 11:10 AM

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good samaritan, church, help, community

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2bdb05a3-8a61-49e5-a731-ce62fdb51fd3/833B7C5C-429B-4303-93F3-AE3033361174/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/WantToHelp/GoodSamaritan/Defaul3.jpg" href="http://www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/WantToHelp/GoodSamaritan/Defaul3.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.catholiccharitiesdov.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/WantToHelp/GoodSamaritan/Defaul3.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/img/17DE629E-DF47-46B1-B856-65B8E703AA32" alt="The image “http://www.catholiccharitiesdov.org/WantToHelp/GoodSamaritan/Defaul3.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us" href="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us" style="font-size: 11px;">us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Reason No. 39 - More Good Samaritans
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us">How would you like to live in a community where neighbors were helpful, would bring a meal to a sick person, and would stop to help a stranded motorist?  If that's the neighborhood you would like to live in, perhaps you should live in a neighborhood of churchgoing people.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us">A study on a survey by L.D. Nelson and R.R. Dynes, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, showed that religious devotion predicted seventy-five percent of ordinary, day-to-day helping behavior, and that church attendance consistently indicated an increased likelihood to provide emergency assistance.  It may be that the parable of the Good Samaritan has had an impact on those who have been present for the sermon.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=902.38&.intl=us"><EM>Source:</EM>Nelson, L.D., and R.R. Dynes, "The Impact of Devotionalism and Attendance on Ordinary and Emergency Helping Behavior," </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/833B7C5C-429B-4303-93F3-AE3033361174/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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