Even if they didn’t count it, it could still matter. Or maybe the study did account for it, but the article just left it off to avoid having a laundry list that most people wouldn’t be interested in.
We’d need to go to the study to see for sure, although I’d be surprised if the authors missed something so obvious.
Amen to that.
My wife’s family is SBC, and you would not believe family gatherings. Last thanksgiving there was at least one complete pie or cake for every attendee, plus a turkey, 2 hams, fried chicken, casseroles…no kidding, enough food for 4 times as many people who were there.
My local church (or at least the one I was raised in) was predominately poor, and none of the professions you mentioned were represented in that congregation. So I would be very careful extropolating your local church to all churches.
It’s simple – Because Doritos and Pepsi are cheap, just like most other fatty-carbo rich foods.
I have been in poor churches, rich churches and those in between. The point, however, was that faith and science are not mutually exclusive by any means. The idea that faith and science are at opposition is a myth.
There’s also the “Cult of Being Thin.” People who devote so much time, energy and prayer to being thin that they don’t have enough time and energy left to be religious. Being thin takes time, energy, and even money away from the church.
“You cannot serve two masters.”
a_Mike, unfortunately you’re preaching to the choir.
Be honest: do you really think most deeply religious people give a rat’s ass about what science or medicine thinks, especially when that thought is perceived to change on a daily basis? I don’t think they do. I had a Sunday School teacher who once said that dinosaur bones were actually cow bones that the Satan-influenced scientists were trying to pass off evidence of God’s non-existence. My church was full of people like her and I’d bet there are millions of others just like her. It’s because of my experience that I’m not so quick to dismiss the idea that religionists tend not to give science their undivided attention.
You’ll have to be more specific on what you find confusing.
It would be highly unlikely for anyone to argue that the connection is lack of education, given that it was adjusted for in the analysis.
What kinds of things could really cause the correlation? Hmmm…
Drug use! Religious people would be less likely to use illegal drugs that emaciate a person.
Ceremonial use of bread in religious observances. Sabbath bread for Jews, and Passover Matzot. Communion for Christians, well…that is usually a rather small piece of bread?
Religious people bless their food before they eat it. What if it’s really working!?