Oh, the irony!

Stinkie

I watched a program on aging last night. Or, to be more precise, on places where people grow older than anywhere else in the world.

One of those places was some community in California. Turns out there's quite a lot of Seventh-day Adventists there. Now, these people grow really old, and mostly in good health.

This is partly due to their diet, which is vegetarian. But there's more. The fact that are very religious, keeps their stress levels relatively low. Which is the cause for them living so long.

And now for the irony: because of the fact that these people live longer than atheists do, evolution will favor them. In the long run, the religious folk will win - aided by the very thing they don't believe in.

baz

religion caused me so much stress when i was young that i had to give it up.
now im gonna live forever.
its true tho, if one cant believe in anything: god, gaia, the force, oneself, vegetables, then you gonna die sooner.
but also, i believe that keeping the old grey matter challenged (ie: learning.)is mucho importante.
baz

you want ironic? how about (put example here)?

I wish I was funny.

kwistenbiebel

@unknownuser said:

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And now for the irony: because of the fact that these people live longer than atheists do, evolution will favor them. In the long run, the religious folk will win - aided by the very thing they don't believe in.

Very refreshing thinking stinkie.
Indeed it is quite ironic.
Screw the evolutionary theory. Sign me up for a religion.
Any one knows a good one? Preferably one with free love and drinks.

remus

The Buddhists always seemed like quite a friendly bunch, and who can argue with medatating?

Alan Fraser

Start your own religion, Kwist. You could tailor it to give you maximum pleasure and minimum stress. You could call it Kwistianity.

remus

I actually laughed

solo

LOL@ Kwistianity.

Can you render me saved?

kwistenbiebel

Ross Macintosh

Living longer will have no relation to being 'favoured by evolution'. The religious person may live longer but that in itself has nothing to do with expanding their gene pool. Few people select a mate based on if the babe or hunk's grandparents are still living.

Now on the otherhand, religious people may end up having more children -- and that's how they'll be favoured by evolution. Currently it is more common for religious people (depends on the religion of course) and the poorly educated to have larger families. They are the ones out there spreading there genes more widely.

Regards, Ross

Stinkie

@alan fraser said:

Start your own religion, Kwist. You could tailor it to give you maximum pleasure and minimum stress. You could call it Kwistianity.

I got y'all beat: I founded a religion when I was 14. Forgot what it was called, but I do vividly remember it was obligatory to wear a bath towel on your head at all times. Our god was a plastic model of a bee, which sat on a window sill in the biology class room.

All went well until a teacher decided me and my followers had had enough fun. I guess she'd had enough of the random chanting during class.

These days, I'm a convinced Spaghetti Monster worshipper.

@ross macintosh said:

Living longer will have no relation to being 'favoured by evolution'. The religious person may live longer but that in itself has nothing to do with expanding their gene pool. Few people select a mate based on if the babe or hunk's grandparents are still living.

Now on the otherhand, religious people may end up having more children -- and that's how they'll be favoured by evolution. Currently it is more common for religious people (depends on the religion of course) and the poorly educated to have larger families. They are the ones out there spreading there genes more widely.

Oooh ... we got a learned one here.

tomsdesk

Unless, of course, grandpa doesn't stop having progeny...grandma too, for that matter.

cornel

Kwistenbiebel wrote:
“Any one knows a good one? Preferably one with free love and drinks.”

A. Behold a “good one”, w/ “free love”:
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” (James 1:27)

B. Regarding “drinks”:

“He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:38)
“And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come! And let him that heareth say, Come! And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
(Revelation 22:17 )

Cornel