RE: God: No magic required
January 16, 2014 at 10:42 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2014 at 10:43 pm by Cinjin.)
(January 16, 2014 at 9:47 pm)lweisenthal Wrote: Good peer review medical research shows that spiritual and religious people are happier and actually live longer than atheists -- an average of two years longer, which would be the population effect of curing all forms of cancer.
Hardly "good" peer review.
The only thing that is clear about this statement is your own bias. Yes, in some countries, atheists live statistically shorter lives, but in MANY countries religious people live significantly shorter lives.
Nigel Barber, Ph.D. Wrote:Much of the relevant research was conducted in the U.S. where larger advantages in longevity were reported for religious people in some studies, but little, or no, advantage was found in others.
Countries with very low life expectancy are mostly very religious. The nations of sub-Saharan Africa are a good example. There plagues of malaria, parasites, dengue fever, cholera, diarrheal diseases, HIV/AIDS, etc., lop decades off life expectancy that is below 60 years for most of these countries. The presence of many serious chronic illnesses, and the expectation of an early death, predicts universal belief in God and the importance of religion (1).
I'd say your half-truths have certainly garnered you far less credibility on this site.