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Ken C
Devout worshippers are far less likely to ... smoke
Fri Jun 1, 2012 9:21am
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Devout worshippers are far less likely to fall back on harmful habits such as drinking or smoking.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/401091.stm

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I'm halfway to 102 today! — SES, Fri Jun 1 8:15am

Happy Birthday to you SES. — ConnieSue, Sun Jun 3 2:56pm

I was 26 years a atheist...now I am 36 years a Christian...:)
My prayers were ansawered!!! — SES, Mon Jun 4 7:35am

The Mets got the first no-hitter in their 50 year history, and ON my birthday, AND I got to watch it on TV, WITH my son and my daughter and my girlfriend. All praise be unto Thor. lol
Thor? more likely Wotan unless the game was rained out. — Διός, Mon Jun 4 10:01am

You have to study your Gods better to be counted in that ball game. :o)) Διός
Wotan? Wasn't that a huge Japanese moth? lol (nm) — SES, Mon Jun 4 12:30pm

Put on the breaks you're on the downhill. — Διός, Fri Jun 1 7:12pm

The slope is of ever increasing steepness. From now on your days are getting shorter and they're numbered. grin Διός
Nice to see — greenman, Fri Jun 1 5:21pm

...that you've been able to boost your IQ. Drugs, herbal supplements, mental exercises, or some combination of the above? ;)
Lol...IQ...lol...good one... — ConnieSue, Sun Jun 3 2:57pm

How you doing greenman?
Fine! — greenman, Sun Jun 3 4:28pm

Hope you're well, Connie Sue. Nice to see someone appreciates my little quips...:)
Still far away from being... — Clawson, Fri Jun 1 9:37am

..."wet behind the ears" yet...
You knoqw what sucks about being born on the 1st? — SES, Fri Jun 1 12:54pm

I have to pay my rent on my Birthday. THAT sucks. lol
Ask your landlord for one free rent month (nm) — ChristoherBlackwell, Fri Jun 1 1:46pm

At first I thought you were talking about the weather... — Ken C, Fri Jun 1 8:57am

Happy Birthday. Anyone who dies and goes to heaven is welcome to post here and tell the rest of us about heaven.
Religion and Life Expectancy — David F Mayer, Fri Jun 1 8:36am

Don't scoff. Religion extends the life of participants. http://longevity.about.com/od/longevityboosters/a/religion_life.htm Could 95,000 Women Be Wrong? A study using data from the Women's Health... more
Of course it extends life — greenman, Fri Jun 1 5:22pm

The more devout you are, the more you switch off your brain. And the less you have to worry about, the happier you are and the less stressed. Stands to reason! :)
Being cheerful also seems to extend life — ChristoherBlackwell, Fri Jun 1 1:45pm

David F Mayer, Studies have shown that one common feature of most extended living people is being cheerful. Perhaps just having fun in your life keeps people going.
Baloney! If I attended church nobody in it would survive. — Clawson, Fri Jun 1 9:41am

There would be some unexplained major disaster that would kill everybody except the few who snuck out for beer and fornication with somebody other than their spouse.
Devout worshippers are far less likely to ... smoke — Ken C, Fri Jun 1 9:21am
Sorry, Ken, but — Robert, Sat Jun 2 10:12am

have you ever spent much time in the South, as in, Bible Belt !?
No, I'ver never been there. — Ken C, Sat Jun 2 11:30am

I live in California, and spend a lot of time with bicycle riders and other athletes.
just as a mouse in a cookie jar — shadow, Fri Jun 1 1:25pm

doesn't make a mouse become a cookie, mere attendance at a church service (or 'sitting and soaking' as I once heard it called) doesn't make one a believer. The word 'devout' is significant in these... more
This should be a Holiday!!! — SES, Fri Jun 1 8:17am

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