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Well this ought to get the left-wing anti-religion types all up in arms, don’t you think?
Actually, studies like this are highly suspect in my mind. But people tend to use them selectively if they support their worldview. One of the authors has a pretty good perspective:
Hall cautions that few conclusions can be drawn from his study, and that further research is needed. "There is no evidence that changing religious attendance causes a change in health outcomes," he said.
But he said doctors and researchers might want to think of religiousness as a demographic factor.
As I have said many times, correlation does not prove causality. Notice this researcher isn’t jumping up and down screaming, "SEE! I PROVED IT!"
