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kamil on 17 March 2008

@timmah:

I beg to differ! There are many scientific studies that show Churchgoers live an average of 1.8-8 years (or so, depending on the study) longer than non-churchgoers. If a weekly churchgoer spends roughly 1.5 years in church, they have a net gain of life OUTSIDE of church over the non-churchgoer.

So God gives that time back to us . And if you go to a church you enjoy, like I do, you don't consider it time lost, but time well spent. My time in church not only will probably give me longer life than otherwise, but it will help me to live that life better and more fulfilled!

Weekly for me!

A few quick sources:

http://www.livescience.com/health/060403_church_good.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/05/990517064323.htm

http://www.webmd.com/news/20000809/religious-people-live-longer-than-nonbelievers

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/LivingLonger/story?id=1242497



If you look at his list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
you really won't see religious countries at top of the list. In fact US which is considered the most religious rich country is at 29th position below most European
secular countries, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (lower is Denmark and - also quite religious - Ireland). I know that this only shows correlation but so does your reports (and did not prove any mechanism beyond this).



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Tavin on 17 March 2008

Oh man ... seems like i'm getting late to this thread :P

anyways ... I go to church generally more than once a week, i do some other things there besides the typical reunions ... like playing soccer and other activities



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luinil on 17 March 2008

Church league! w00t! ^o^ +1 Tavin!



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bchery21 on 17 March 2008
makingmusic476 said:
El Duderino said:
mr-money said:
Going to an institution to pray to God is the antithesis of Christianity. If you want to talk to God, you do it yourself, not at some fucking monetised corrupt church with preists who fucking molest your children.


Matthew 16:18

"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

 

Yeah if you leave away the monetised, corrupt and the pedophelia you still have to see that Jesus wanted a church in his name...


Ownage approved.


Amen.

OT: i go to church every friday, saturday, and sunday. there's also services on mon., tues., weds., and if i have the oppertunity i attend those too. u don't necessarily have to attend church to be saved, but it appears a lot of ppl on the Chartz don't take their life oh so seriously when meant spiritually... 



Tavin on 17 March 2008

Our team is really good !!
we kick all the other wards' butts !



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luinil on 17 March 2008

^Awesome! Good for you guys. But don't get cocky, you could lose an edge that way.



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Jessman on 17 March 2008

Only for weddings and funerals.



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bchery21 on 17 March 2008

during the summer time, when all the youth is out of school, almost every sunday after church we go play b.ball...man i can't wait cuz those are some good times.



epsilon72 on 17 March 2008

weekly...although I have been known to sleep through services though. So maybe that doesn't counts more as weakly.



Tavin on 17 March 2008
luinil said:
^Awesome! Good for you guys. But don't get cocky, you could lose an edge that way.

 Well .. I said my team was really good ... but i didn't said that i was that good ... 'cause actually im not  =D

the sports i'm good at are Bascketball and Volleyball ... but here on Chile they are not that popular, but we have

such a great and fun time playing soccer with my friends ... that i still do it even if i'm not that good :D



-- Live only for tomorrow, and you will have a lot of empty yesterdays today--

 Tavin:  "Old school megaman is THE BEST megaman"      courtesy of fkusumot :)

My mind has changed. My strength has not.    Kamahl, Fist of Krosa