Don't they also pray more in red states?
Quote:Life expectancy lowest in red states -- and the problem is getting worse
Life expectancy is lower in Republican-led states, and the problem has been growing worse for decades.
Health disparities became worse in the 1990s, according to a study in the Journal of American Medicine, and researchers blame conservative governors who override public safety measures such as indoor smoking bans, nutrition regulations, firearm restrictions and COVID-19 mitigation.
https://www.rawstory.com/life-expectancy-red-state/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"