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1、It’snotjustwhatreligiongivesbutwhatittakesaway.“The‘thoushaltnots’noadulterynodrugssoonkeeppeoplefromgettingaddictedotherwiseincreasingtheirlevelofstress”saysKoenig.(Thatisiftheyfollowtherules.)Thestricturesofreligionmay

2、simplifylifefadherentsthatcanbeahugerelief.“Oneofthebenefitsofobservanceisthatithelpspeoplesolvethefreedomofchoiceproblem”saysBarrySchwartzapsychologyprofessatSwarthmeCollegetheauthofTheParadoxofChoice:WhyMeIsLess.“Thisw

3、asn’talwaysablessing.Inamerestrictivesocietypeoplemaynothaveembracedbeingtoldwhattodo.Butinawldinwhichanythingispossiblereligioncanprovideguidelinestothosewhoareoverwhelmedbyanabundanceofoptions.”宗教不僅僅給了人們好的東西，它還帶走了很多不好的

4、東西?！澳悴荒芡椤⒉荒芪?。。。等等，讓人們不會(huì)上癮，減小他們的壓力?！眲P尼格說(shuō)。（也就是說(shuō)，如果他們遵守了紀(jì)律）宗教的結(jié)構(gòu)可以簡(jiǎn)化信仰者的生活，這對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)是巨大的寬慰?！白诮痰囊粋€(gè)好處是幫助人們解決了選擇自由的問題?！彼魉寄W(xué)院的巴里施瓦茨教授，同時(shí)也是《選擇的矛盾》的作者這樣說(shuō)道，“選擇自由并不總是好的，在一個(gè)限制更多的社會(huì)，人們并不需要被告訴應(yīng)該怎么做。但是在一個(gè)一切皆有可能的社會(huì)，宗教可以給那些因?yàn)檫x擇太多而無(wú)所適從的人們一

5、些指導(dǎo)。JudyLederman42amodernthodoxJewfromScarsdaleN.Y.hasconsciouslyaddedreligiousresponsibilitiestoherdailylife.Suchrestraintsshebelieveskeepherincheckemotionally.ThoughraisedJewishLedermanrebelledagainstherparentsasateena

6、ger.Itwasn’tuntilafterthebirthofherthirdchildeightyearsagothatLedermanreturnedtoherreligiousroots.“IrealizedmylifewasmissingsomethingIneededsolidgroundundermyfeet”sherecalls.Lifewasseemingincreasinglycomplexchaotic.Oneof

7、herchildrenreceivedadiagnosisofbipolardisder.Ledermanhadgainedabout80poundswhichsheattributestostress.Shefeltmoodyadrift.Bitbybitshebegantoaddreligionritualtoherlife.Shestartedtoattendsynagogueregularlyexercisedwhilelist

8、eningtospiritualmusic.ShedecidedtokeepakosherkitchenobservetheSabbath.“Happinessisn’taconstantfanyonebutIfeelmeatpeacebalancednow”shesays.“Iabsolutelyfeelmesatisfiedwithmylife.”朱迪萊德曼，一位來(lái)自紐約斯卡斯代爾42歲的正統(tǒng)猶太教徒，已經(jīng)有意識(shí)地把宗教責(zé)任加入了自

9、己的日常生活，她相信這些責(zé)任幫助她自省自我的情感。雖然在猶太中長(zhǎng)大，萊德曼從小反抗自己的父母，直到8年后她第三個(gè)小孩出生，萊德曼才重返自己的宗教根源?！拔腋械轿业纳钌倭耸裁?，我的腳下需要堅(jiān)實(shí)的土壤?！彼貞浀?。生活似乎越來(lái)越復(fù)雜和混亂，她的一個(gè)小孩患了抑郁狂躁型憂郁癥，由于焦慮過(guò)度，萊德曼長(zhǎng)了80磅，她感到郁郁寡歡、茫然無(wú)助。于是她開始一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地把宗教和儀式加入自己的生活，開始經(jīng)常參加猶太集會(huì)，聽圣歌。她決定按照猶太教要求的方式飲食和

10、休息?！叭魏稳硕疾粫?huì)一直快樂，但我現(xiàn)在感到更加的安定和平衡?！彼f(shuō)，“我對(duì)我的生活感到完全的滿足?！盧eligion’scontributiontowellbeingappearstobenearlyuniversalacrossvariousfaithsethnicgroupsalthoughnotsurprisinglystudiessuggestthatthosewhoaresingleelderlyinpohealthgaint

11、hemost.Stillfaithseemstosucctheyoungaswell.A2003nationalstudyinvolving3300adolescentsfoundthatteenswhoattendservicesreadtheBibleprayfeellesssaddepressedlessalonelessmisunderstoodguiltymecaredfthantheirnonreligiouspeers.對(duì)