عبدالله الشهري
04-10-2011, 12:30 AM
لطالما قررتُ - كما قرر غيري من الباحثين والدارسين والإخوة المهتمين بالرد على الملاحدة - أن من أهم أسباب إلحاد الأجيال المتأخرة هو "سوء الظن بالله" ، ولهذا الظن صور كثيرة، وتأتي الدراسات الأكاديمية المتخصصة لتؤيد هذا الأمر. أهديكم هذا النص المقتبس من تقرير يُلخص نتائج دراسة بعنوان:
Emotional Atheism: Angry Withdrawal
From God Predicts Decreased Belief
وهو كالتالي:
When asked to provide reasons for their belief or disbelief in God’s existence, most people tend to
emphasize rational, objective reasons over personal or emotional ones. However, a growing body of
empirical evidence suggests the existence of emotional atheism (Novotni & Petersen, 2001)—a pattern in
which some people resolve conflicts with God by deciding that God does not exist. We became interested in
this topic based on an early study of anger toward God among undergraduates (Exline et al., 1999) which
revealed a counterintuitive finding: Those who reported no belief in God reported more grudges toward
God than believers. At first glance, this finding seemed to reflect an error. How could people be angry with
God if they did not believe in God? Analyses of several other datasets, including a large national dataset
based on the General Social Survey, revealed similar patterns: Lower levels of belief in God were linked
with greater anger toward God. When undergraduates in one study recalled a negative event from their
lives, reports of anger toward God were clearly associated with self-reported drops in belief. Furthermore,
when we looked only at those who showed some drop in belief, belief was least likely to recover for those
who reported that they were angry toward God and had chosen to turn away from God. In addition, an
open-ended question revealed that 9% of those who had resolved negative feelings stated that they had
done so by deciding not to believe in God. These data raise the possibility that anger toward God—and
subsequent decisions to withdraw—may prompt reduced belief in God’s existence.
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المصدر:
American Psychological Association 2006 Convention Presentation
Topics: 59 Religion; 8 Clinical/Counseling/Consulting
أسماء الباحثين:
JULIE J. EXLINE, Case Western Reserve University
MICKIE FISHER, Case Western Reserve University
EPHRAIM ROSE, Case Western Reserve University
SMITA KAMPANI, University Of Chicago
Emotional Atheism: Angry Withdrawal
From God Predicts Decreased Belief
وهو كالتالي:
When asked to provide reasons for their belief or disbelief in God’s existence, most people tend to
emphasize rational, objective reasons over personal or emotional ones. However, a growing body of
empirical evidence suggests the existence of emotional atheism (Novotni & Petersen, 2001)—a pattern in
which some people resolve conflicts with God by deciding that God does not exist. We became interested in
this topic based on an early study of anger toward God among undergraduates (Exline et al., 1999) which
revealed a counterintuitive finding: Those who reported no belief in God reported more grudges toward
God than believers. At first glance, this finding seemed to reflect an error. How could people be angry with
God if they did not believe in God? Analyses of several other datasets, including a large national dataset
based on the General Social Survey, revealed similar patterns: Lower levels of belief in God were linked
with greater anger toward God. When undergraduates in one study recalled a negative event from their
lives, reports of anger toward God were clearly associated with self-reported drops in belief. Furthermore,
when we looked only at those who showed some drop in belief, belief was least likely to recover for those
who reported that they were angry toward God and had chosen to turn away from God. In addition, an
open-ended question revealed that 9% of those who had resolved negative feelings stated that they had
done so by deciding not to believe in God. These data raise the possibility that anger toward God—and
subsequent decisions to withdraw—may prompt reduced belief in God’s existence.
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المصدر:
American Psychological Association 2006 Convention Presentation
Topics: 59 Religion; 8 Clinical/Counseling/Consulting
أسماء الباحثين:
JULIE J. EXLINE, Case Western Reserve University
MICKIE FISHER, Case Western Reserve University
EPHRAIM ROSE, Case Western Reserve University
SMITA KAMPANI, University Of Chicago