Jeffrey P. Utz, M.D. (utzj at auhs.edu) wrote:
: Interestingly, people who live their lives based on their religious
: beliefs, whether western religion, eastern religion, native American
: religion, or atheism live longer and healthier than those who don't.
Atheism isn't a religion, idiot. And people with pets live longer,
healthier lives than those without pets. So what does this tell us?
: This kind of argues that people should live their lives according to
: their religion, whatever that is, doesn't it?
No, all it tells us is that having something that comforts you is
beneficial. Hell, that's almost a tautology.
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In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a
degree that it would be perverse to withold provisional
assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise
tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time
in physics classrooms.
-Stephen Jay Gould
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