The only group that lives longer than "Unafilliated" is Jews, who live the longest of any group. (80-85)

After "unafilliated" (75-81)

It's

3. Buddhists (74-80)
4. Other religion
5. Folk Religions
6. Christian (71-76)
7. Hindu and
8. Muslim (67-75)

http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/which-religion-has-the-longest-life-expectancy

http://assets4.bigthink.com/system/tinymce_assets/8829/original/big-think-life-expectancy2.png?1523834599

Interesting figures, koriwhore...

I'm not surprised by Buddhists in the #3 position: many of them are vegetarians, or alternatively, a Buddhist diet is often heavy in fish and vegetables (including sea vegetables).

Hindus in the #7/#8 position is surprising to ME, but (on reflection) shouldn't be, since the Hindus I know live in the United States and are mostly vegetarian (although a typical Hindu diet is dairy-heavy, with many different sweets of various kinds). If Hindus worldwide are considered, then there is extreme poverty involved for a huge percentage, as well as "nutritious" food which is often contaminated with all kinds of environmental toxins (pesticides, heavy metals, etc.).

Jews are very much more difficult to analyze, because there are so many different kinds of Jews worldwide, and because (in a North American, or English-speaking, context) it is too easy to make the "logical" leap that specifically Ashkenazi (generally: German- and Russian-descended) Jews are (on this level of longevity) representative of Jews worldwide.

Some facts which certainly contribute to Jews being deemed the most "long-lived" are that a so-called "Mediterranean"-type diet ("Israeli diet," as one variation) is increasingly being accepted among most all Jews in heavily-Jewish places (such as North America and Israel)...

...plus the fact that there is comparatively very little alcoholism among most Jews worldwide...

...plus the fact that, in most any heavily-Jewish country, Jews are often among the "first adaptors" when new, natural, health discoveries are made regarding diet and nutrients. (Partially because of education: Jews tend to read science news, which includes new health discoveries, as a big part of their new information input...and Jews are usually prominent among the scientists, MD's, other health professionals, and writers who disseminate information about these new discoveries to patients and to the popular media, as well as to their families and to fellow members of the Jewish community.)

Thank you for this, koriwhore...this was really nice to post today.



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Tevai Wrote:
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> Interesting figures, koriwhore...
>
> I'm not surprised by Buddhists in the #3 position:
> many of them are vegetarians, or alternatively, a
> Buddhist diet is often heavy in fish and
> vegetables (including sea vegetables).
>
> Hindus in the #7/#8 position is surprising to ME,
> but (on reflection) shouldn't be, since the Hindus
> I know live in the United States and are mostly
> vegetarian (although a typical Hindu diet is
> dairy-heavy, with many different sweets of various
> kinds). If Hindus worldwide are considered, then
> there is extreme poverty involved for a huge
> percentage, as well as "nutritious" food which is
> often contaminated with all kinds of environmental
> toxins (pesticides, heavy metals, etc.).
>
> Jews are very much more difficult to analyze,
> because there are so many different kinds of Jews
> worldwide, and because (in a North American, or
> English-speaking, context) it is too easy to make
> the "logical" leap that specifically Ashkenazi
> (generally: German- and Russian-descended) Jews
> are (on this level of longevity) representative of
> Jews worldwide.
>
> Some facts which certainly contribute to Jews
> being deemed the most "long-lived" are that a
> so-called "Mediterranean"-type diet ("Israeli
> diet," as one variation) is increasingly being
> accepted among most all Jews in heavily-Jewish
> places (such as North America and Israel)...
>
> ...plus the fact that there is comparatively very
> little alcoholism among most Jews worldwide...
>
> ...plus the fact that, in most any heavily-Jewish
> country, Jews are often among the "first adaptors"
> when new, natural, health discoveries are made
> regarding diet and nutrients. (Partially because
> of education: Jews tend to read science news,
> which includes new health discoveries, as a big
> part of their new information input...and Jews are
> usually prominent among the scientists, MD's,
> other health professionals, and writers who
> disseminate information about these new
> discoveries to patients and to the popular media,
> as well as to their families and to fellow members
> of the Jewish community.)
>
> Thank you for this, koriwhore...this was really
> nice to post today.

You're welcome. Nice of you to say so.

The more religious you are, the more you deny science, unless you're Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist, who've got no problem with the theory of evolution. Actually it fits right in with their more pantheist beliefs.

http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/religious-differences-on-the-question-of-evolution/


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/atheists-more-intelligent-than-religious-people-faith-instinct-cleverness-a7742766.html

Unfortunately most Buddhists and Hindus live in third world conditions, which might explain why they don't live as long.

>
> The more religious you are, the more you deny
> science, unless you're Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist,
> who've got no problem with the theory of
> evolution. Actually it fits right in with their
> more pantheist beliefs.
>
> http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/religious-diffe
> rences-on-the-question-of-evolution/
>
>
> https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/atheist
> s-more-intelligent-than-religious-people-faith-ins
> tinct-cleverness-a7742766.html
>
> Unfortunately most Buddhists and Hindus live in
> third world conditions, which might explain why
> they don't live as long.

Unless you are Catholic

http://time.com/3545844/pope-francis-evolution-creationism/

The study seem somewhat biased for location. Jews tend to have their population in highly developed modern countries. Hindu and Muslim have a prepondeence of poverty Nations. Not that the nation is necessarily poor, but the population itself often is.

I'm curious what their classification of folk religion entails.

dogblogger Wrote:
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> The study seem somewhat biased for location. Jews
> tend to have their population in highly developed
> modern countries. Hindu and Muslim have a
> prepondeence of poverty Nations. Not that the
> nation is necessarily poor, but the population
> itself often is.
>
> I'm curious what their classification of folk
> religion entails.

I imagine animism, voodoo, JuJu, etc
What xtians call pagan.

Give me the results you want - I'll collect the stats to support it....

"Old people live longer than absolutely all the other age groups."
-- Judic West, Baron of Pubickhair

Catholic priest Georges Lemaître was the one who theorized the Big Bang. Catholics as a whole don't have a problem with evolution, and neither do the popes

"Pope Pius XII wrote an encyclical “Humani Generis” in 1950 affirming that there was no conflict between evolution and Catholic faith. Pope John Paul II reaffirmed that, stressing that evolution was more than a hypothesis, in 1996. Pope Benedict XVI hosted a conference on the nuances of creation and evolution in 2006. "

http://time.com/3545844/pope-francis-evolution-creationism/