Atheists have far better sex lives than religious people who are plagued with guilt during intercourse and for weeks afterwards, researchers have found.
A study discovered that non-believers are more willing to discuss sexual fantasies and are more satisfied with their experiences.
Both groups of people admitted that they carried out the same activities such as masturbation, watching pornography, having oral sex and pursuing affairs.
But followers of religion did not enjoy the experiences as much due to the stigma created by their belief systems, the study found. It left them with intense feelings of regret after they had climaxed.
The findings emerged in the 'Sex and Secularism' survey of more than 14,500 people carried out by psychologist Darrel Ray and Amanda Brown from Kansas University.
All of the people who were questioned were found to have sex around the same number of times a week. They also became sexually active at similar ages.
But devoutly religious people rated their sex lives far lower than atheists. They also admitted to strong feelings of guilt afterwards.
Strict religions such as Mormons ranked highest on the scale of sexual guilt. Their average score was 8.19 out of 10. They were followed closely behind by Jehovah's Witness, Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist, and Baptist.
Catholics rated their levels of sexual guilt at 6.34 while Lutherans came slightly lower at 5.88 . In contrast, atheists and agnostics ranked at 4.71 and 4.81 respectively
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As if any more reason were needed....
As if any more reason were needed....
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: As if any more reason were needed....
That's if you want life to be about sex. 
From the same page: Have mindless sex or have a mind?
In other words be an animal or a whole being, hmmm?
From the same page: Have mindless sex or have a mind?
RELIGION 'MAY AFFECT HEALTH OF BRAIN'
Followers of certain religions may have healthier brains that are less likely to develop Alzheimer's, scientists have claimed.
Researchers measured changes in the hippocampus are of the brain in a number of patients. The area is responsible for memory and learning.
All human brains shrink slightly with age and reduction in the size of the hippocampus has been linked to Alzheimer's.
But Protestants were found to have significant less atrophy, or wastage, in that area of the brain that Catholics, non-religious groups and born-again Protestants.
Participants who said that they had had life-changing religious experiences were also found to have large hipppocampus regions.
Experts hope that the findings might lead to preventative measures against brain deterioration.
Researcher Amy from Duke University Medical Centre in Durham, New York, said: 'One interpretation of our finding - that members of majority religious groups seem to have less atrophy compared with minority religious groups - is that when you feel your beliefs and values are somewhat at odds with those of society as a whole, it may contribute to long-term stress that could have implications for the brain.'
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In other words be an animal or a whole being, hmmm?
Re: As if any more reason were needed....
I don't know, my grandmother, who was a very religous person, often stated that if God invented anything better than sex He kept it for himself. 
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.
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One has to wonder who pays for this stuff.Both groups of people admitted that they carried out the same activities such as masturbation, watching pornography, having oral sex and pursuing affairs.
I want some of it, although I have absolutely no qualifications I could have come up with the exact same conclusion.
Charged less too...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Beat me too it there Keld, give me the money and I'll dedicate the rest of my life to research...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Damn straight!Miles wrote:I don't know, my grandmother, who was a very religous person, often stated that if God invented anything better than sex He kept it for himself.
It's a shame that guilt enters into it for some.
Good on your granny for not being a "lie back and think of (insert appropriate place to think about here)" kind of person.
Bah!
