Religious people live on average four years longer than their agnostic and atheist peers, new research has found. The difference between practising worshippers and those who were not part of a religious group could be down to a mix of social support, stress-relieving practices and abstaining from unhealthy habits, the authors suggest. For the study, a team of Ohio University academics, including associate professor of psychology Christian End, analysed more than 1,500 obituaries from across the US to piece together how the defining features of our lives affect our longevity. These records include religious affiliations and marriage details as well as information on activities, hobbies and habits, which can help or hinder our health, not otherwise captured in census data. The study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science today, found that on average people whose obituary mentioned they were religious lived an extra 5.64 years. Life expectancy was still 3.82 years longer in religious people when they statistically controlled for marriage rates, a factor which has been shown to increase life expectancy and help stave off disease. “The study provides persuasive evidence that there is a relationship between religious participation and how long a person lives,” said Baldwin Way, co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology at Ohio State University.
The major part of the study used more than 1,000 obituaries from newspapers in 42 states. But a further analysis of 500 obituaries from the Des Moines Register, a paper in Iowa, found the effect was more pronounced and religion was associated with an extra 6.48 years of life, suggesting living in a more religious area might have an extra effect. >Is 4 years of your life worth it, just so you can be an atheist? >Will you change from the religion of Atheism to another, since Atheist have the shortest life expectancy of all religions?
Religious participation often goes hand-in-hand with increased participation in activities and social groups, which might help tackle loneliness and sedentary lifestyles that could also shorten life expectancy. But analysis of activities mentioned in the report found this accounted for a fraction of the effect.
>Then kill yourself right now, faggot. A tree is known for its fruit. A Christian can not deny being a Christian, nor can he curse. You have a 110 IQ at most.
Only if they repent, which means they stop getting drunk.
Gavin Parker
Y No u
Bentley Allen
exactly. you can do whatever you want and go to heaven as long as you give in to the fear of hell. but someone who lives a good faithless life burns in agony for all eternity
Poeple who have a religion and have principles live longer because they have better morales and take better care of their surroundings. Atheist have no morals and do what's bad for their mental state and body.
Jose Gray
God loves drunks.
Jeremiah Phillips
No one can live a good faithless life. If you watch porn, you give money to pedophiles and support human sex trafficking.
Julian Kelly
Yes
Jackson King
didn't know giving money to someone who sins was a sin
Elijah Anderson
No He does not. >I hate all workers of iniquity. Psalm 5:5
Elijah Phillips
OP, you're right, but your post does not answer the next logical question. How to choose a correct religion?
Joshua Jackson
>money Isn't a real thing.
Brayden Sanders
You are a fucking worm. God is going to burn your pedophile money giver ass.
Michael Bell
Christianity is the best for health.
Jonathan Ross
For God it is. Try convincing excusing yourself, U psychopath. U give money to rapists and pedophiles and Jews by watching porn. U are a fucking rat, lowest of the low.
