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Q: pinkfreud IS THEIR EVIDENCE THAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS LIVE LONGER THAN AVERAGE ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: pinkfreud IS THEIR EVIDENCE THAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS LIVE LONGER THAN AVERAGE
Category: Relationships and Society > Religion
Asked by: mcisencraft-ga
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Posted: 29 May 2004 22:42 PDT
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Is there any evidence such as tables of mortality charts etc. that
indicate that Born Again Christians live a little longer than the
general population? Thanks McIsencraft
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Subject: Re: pinkfreud IS THEIR EVIDENCE THAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS LIVE LONGER THAN AVERAGE
From: probonopublico-ga on 29 May 2004 23:58 PDT
 
There is anecdotal evidence that people with a mission in life live
longer than many others.

So, maybe a 'Born Again Buddhist' (for example) would rank alongside
any similar others.
Subject: Re: pinkfreud IS THEIR EVIDENCE THAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS LIVE LONGER THAN AVERAGE
From: neilzero-ga on 30 May 2004 07:48 PDT
 
Likely a small increase in longevity could be documented in one of
several studies with varrious limits, but doing the studies well would
be costly.
 Because of the Bible verse about being born again, 80% of the
Christians, if asked would say they were born again, but only about
10% would volunteer that they were born again without any prompting.
 Suppose we spot checked two funeral homes selected at random in each
of the 48 states, omitting Alaska and Hawii; pick the last two
services significantly Christian, and the two services in the last 4
weeks that seemed least Christian, recording the age at death. Would
you consider that an adequit test?
 It would greatly favor the low population states such as Utah which
is 60% The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who definately
live longer. It would also be quite subjective = opinion of the person
who answered the phone at the mortuary/funeral home. The last question
should be the age at death to minimise bias.   Neil
Subject: Re: pinkfreud IS THEIR EVIDENCE THAT BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS LIVE LONGER THAN AVERAGE
From: pinkfreud-ga on 30 May 2004 15:14 PDT
 
These articles might interest you:

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/27/1728_60239

http://www.probe.org/docs/c-health2.html

http://www.seniorworld.com/articles/a19980831091319.html

I have not found any lifespan statistics that deal specifically with
"born-again" Christians.

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