Re: You Gotta Have Faith!!

[Guest guest]

The trouble with " faith " is that if you don't have it, you can't just go out and get it . It's not like following a diet or exercising.

Also what these centenarians " think " is the key to their longevity may not necessarily be the key. How would they know that it's not their genes? No way to tell.

on 8/10/2006 7:59 AM, Jeff Novick at chefjeff40@... wrote:

Centenarians say faith source of longevity: survey Thu

Aug 10, 1:10 AM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Faith and spirituality were cited

most often by people over the age of 100 as the source

of their longevity, according to a survey sponsored by

a unit of UnitedHealth Group.

[Guest guest]

Agreed, I wouldn't take this literally and hasten to my nearest church but one possible association is that stress is bad and embracing religion could reduce stress for some individuals.A more cynical take is that a calculating individual over 100 YO might be evaluating the consequence of guessing wrong. Investing in religion but then not finding an afterlife while a disappointment would be better than having to explain to St. why you bet against him.:-)JROn Aug 10, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Francesca Skelton wrote:The trouble with "faith" is that if you don't have it, you can't just go out and get it .   It's not like following a diet or exercising.Also what these centenarians "think" is the key to their longevity may not necessarily be the key.  How would they know that it's not their genes?   No way to tell.on 8/10/2006 7:59 AM, Jeff Novick at chefjeff40 wrote:Centenarians say faith source of longevity: survey ThuAug 10, 1:10 AM ET

[Guest guest]

I don't trust this study.

1) It seems to me that many folks naturally lean more religious with age.

2) I'd like to see a study to show that those who died younger did NOT have

faith.

3) I've heard from wealthy people who believe they are wealthy because of

their faith in God (!)

4) Suicide bombers claim strong faith, but have no interest in longevity.

Centenarians say faith source of longevity: survey Thu

Aug 10, 1:10 AM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Faith and spirituality were cited

most often by people over the age of 100 as the source

of their longevity, according to a survey sponsored by

a unit of UnitedHealth Group.

[Guest guest]

Also no way to tell how much they forgot. They can appear perfectly normal and not remember how they got there.

Most of the homes are religious oriented.

Regards.

Re: [ ]You Gotta Have Faith!!

The trouble with "faith" is that if you don't have it, you can't just go out and get it . It's not like following a diet or exercising.Also what these centenarians "think" is the key to their longevity may not necessarily be the key. How would they know that it's not their genes? No way to tell.on 8/10/2006 7:59 AM, Jeff Novick at chefjeff40 wrote:

Centenarians say faith source of longevity: survey ThuAug 10, 1:10 AM ETBOSTON (Reuters) - Faith and spirituality were citedmost often by people over the age of 100 as the sourceof their longevity, according to a survey sponsored bya unit of UnitedHealth Group.

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