Does Atheism Lead to Weight Gain?

[lewisnotmiller]

Would be rather odd seeing an aussie fly the confederate flag.

You'd think, right?

Footage shows Australian soldiers signalling US Black Hawk with Confederate flag

Our own rebel flag has a much less controversial origin, but has been effectively co-opted by various groups since. Many still see it as a symbol of egalitarianism, but that's not universal...

SA council blocks Eureka flag over claims it’s racist

 

[Clara Tea]

Does Atheism Lead to Weight Gain? Or is it just my imagination?

Friar Tuck (Robinhood's merry man) fried too many chickens....got fat.

Many highly ranked judges of witch trials were said to be tubby.

Christian Bale gained 43 pounds for a role in "American Hustle." The weight injured his back permanently, and he vowed to not do that again.

I could lose 40 pounds of ugly fat, but I don't want to cut off my head.

From OsloChurch.com:

https://twitter.com/famousbodies/status/682919236063236096

Sometimes weight gain isn't from fat, it is from muscle, as shown in the two pictures, above, of actor Austin Butler.

Actor Christopher Atkins was thin when young and put on weight...which is what a lot of people do.

Students sometimes put on weight when the rigors of education become too great. So, many who study religion might put on weight, but, because religious studies are not very demanding, it is more likely that well educated atheists are fatter.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Or is it just my imagination?

The hypothalamus is the part of the brain that controls balance in the body. Blood sugar, hunger, body temperature, etc. It is in a region of the brain near the amygdala. The amygdala processes fear and threat stimuli. Since atheists do not believe in God, they do not fear God. Since a person that does not fear feels comfortable and comfort food is the order of the day, increased signaling from the amygdala to the hypothalamus results in feelings of hunger to balance out the lack of fear. Atheists consume more and more often, thus gaining weight.

You can read all about it in my Dunning/Kruger neuroscience PhD dissertation. Or not, since a Dunning/Kruger degree doesn't require actual classroom work, laboratory work, field experience or research of any type.

Enjoy the veal.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

It is that too.
But anti-conservatism dominates.
My authority....
A decade+ of observation.
And I once attended a large public school.

I don't know what liberal and conservative are anymore. They have changed a lot in the last 45 years.

 

[viole]

Or is it just my imagination?

Maybe it is an inverse correlation. Fat people have in general enough to eat, and therefore do not need to pray, or make up some deity to get them to the end of the month. Therefore, they become atheists.

Joking of course. It is just your imagination.

Ciao

- viole

 

[RestlessSoul]

I'm not sure how asking this question benefits us. Better surely, to ask "What belief system can guarantee weight loss?"

 

[PearlSeeker]

Or is it just my imagination?

You should have listened to Jesus saying: "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst."

 

[Meow Mix]

Have we decided whether we're (well, us atheists) are going to gain weight yet?

My roommates made lettuce wraps tonight with shredded meat (I forget the name, it's Peruvian) and I might have had two.

 

[ChristineM]

Or is it just my imagination?

As an underweight atheist I can say from a personal standpoint, no

 

[ChristineM]

1) Atheists don't eat kosher or halal.

2) As a result, atheists can eat bacon.

Therefore, atheism leads to weight gain.

We had (sadly no longer with us) a family friend. He would visit us every Saturday morning after synagogue for one of moms bacon sandwiches.

 

[ChristineM]

Or is it just my imagination?

From what i have seen of America it seems to me the bible belt tends to be obese... Take from that whatever you want

 

[Martin]

Or is it just my imagination?

Atheists worship at supermarkets instead of church on a Sunday morning, so they probably get more exercise.
Though maybe this means they buy more ice-cream?

 

[ChristineM]

Atheists worship at supermarkets instead of church on a Sunday morning, so they probably get more exercise.
Though maybe this means they buy more ice-cream?

If you set tour mind to it and truly decide you don't want the ice cream then it's not fattening.

Or at least it is my belief that eating food you don't really want is non fattening

Works for chocolate too.

 

[ChristineM]

It does! Because once becoming enlightened to the atheist way, eating chubby babies every morning packs on the pounds!

Especially when fried in butter

 

[Martin]

Especially when fried in butter

You had butter to fry babies?! Sheer luxury!

 

[ChristineM]

You had butter to fry babies?! Sheer luxury!

So much butter we also used it to lubricate the tractor. Oil hinges and make a summer skating rink.

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't know what liberal and conservative are anymore. They have changed a lot in the last 45 years.

The difference....
Liberals love big government.
Conservatives love big government.

I'll try again.

Liberals pretend to like black folk.
Conservatives pretend to like small government.

 

[firedragon]

Fat chance.

Why in the world are you changing your avatar so often. I liked your previous one. I mean previous to the previous.

 

[Meow Mix]

Why in the world are you changing your avatar so often. I liked your previous one. I mean previous to the previous.

Who in their right minds would change avatars often?!

 

[Jedster]

If you set tour mind to it and truly decide you don't want the ice cream then it's not fattening.

Or at least it is my belief that eating food you don't really want is non fattening

Works for chocolate too.

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