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Faithful Live 4 Years Longer than Atheists

The Daily Fail lol.
 
gfm7175 said:
I love how the first reaction is always to attack the source instead of addressing the information contained therein...
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"Consider the source" is always a valid argument.
 
iguanaman said:
"Consider the source" is always a valid argument.
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Sure, the source is something to be aware of (as in, their track record), but it makes for a very weak counterargument because the source alone doesn't validate/invalidate the position contained therein...

That's where one needs to actually read the article and directly address the information contained therein...
 
gfm7175 said:
Sure, the source is something to be aware of (as in, their track record), but it makes for a very weak counterargument because the source alone doesn't validate/invalidate the position contained therein...

That's where one needs to actually read the article and directly address the information contained therein...
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You mean like 'Based on 1000 obituaries'? That is hardly a good way to collect information. For one, how does it tell who are the atheists?? That is not something that people discuss , particularly in obits.
 
RAMOSS said:
You mean like 'Based on 1000 obituaries'? That is hardly a good way to collect information. For one, how does it tell who are the atheists?? That is not something that people discuss , particularly in obits.
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The Daily Fail is a comic for Conservatives.
 
Four less years of someone else wiping my butt.

Dam, I need to find God.
 
RAMOSS said:
You mean like 'Based on 1000 obituaries'? That is hardly a good way to collect information. For one, how does it tell who are the atheists?? That is not something that people discuss , particularly in obits.
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I agree with you there. But that's the point that I am getting at (towards zygygy)... attack the information itself, not the source.
 
That wouldn't be an argument for the truth of religion, just the utility of it.

I don't know if you heard, but placebos work too.
 
gfm7175 said:
I agree with you there. But that's the point that I am getting at (towards zygygy)... attack the information itself, not the source.
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Well, the source isn't very good either. That source tends to give bad information quite often.
 
OlNate said:
Aww...you're just mad because you're gonna die first... ;)

:lol:
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I will tell you a secret. If you live long enough, you are going to die of something.
 
gfm7175 said:
I love how the first reaction is always to attack the source instead of addressing the information contained therein...
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In this case, I think there's reason to question the study. While it has been published, I would venture to say that atheists are less likely to publish obituaries in the first place, which skews the numbers. When my great uncle passed (an atheist) there was no funeral and no obit. The paper ran a two-line death notice, which is customary. According to the study, my uncle's death notice would have been passed over because it wasn't a true obit. Yet, he lived to 99, just one week short of his 100 birthday.

I have a feeling that's probably pretty common when it comes to death announcements.

Religious folks are more likely to elaborate about the deceased. Atheists are less likely. That's just my guess, but I think it's a factor.
 
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