Science Says Religious People Live Better Lives

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In a 2011 study, people who reported going to church at least 3 times a month had blood pressure that was on average 1-2 points lower than people who reported not going to church at all. What does this study tell us?

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Sources:

A Reason to Believe:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/12/believe.aspx

Religion Is Good For All Of Us, Even Those Who Don’t Follow One:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2013/12/22/religion-is-good-for-all-of-us-even-those-who-dont-follow-one/

Church-Goers Have Lower Blood Pressure:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2013/12/22/religion-is-good-for-all-of-us-even-those-who-dont-follow-one/

Thinking About God Calms Believers, Stresses Atheists:
http://www.livescience.com/8434-thinking-god-calms-believers-stresses-atheists.html

Study: Religion is Good for Kids:
http://www.livescience.com/1465-study-religion-good-kids.html

Churchgoers Live Longer:
http://www.livescience.com/4017-churchgoers-live-longer.html

Religious Involvement and U.S. Adult Mortality:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2648114?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Gods, or God?:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/23/news/OE-LEFKOWITZ23

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