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A Latter-day Saint chapel adjacent to the Edmonton Alberta Temple
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An interesting short piece by the famous University of Chicago church historian Martin Marty:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/divinity.uchicago.edu\/sightings\/living-longer<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been aware of such findings for quite a few years now, but the science seems to be firming up considerably.<\/p>\n

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On a virulently anti-Mormon (mostly atheist) message board that I look in upon fairly frequently \u2014 deep inside me, there\u2019s always been an aspiring social psychologist \u2014 a thread regularly appears on Fridays entitled \u201cWhat are you drinking tonight?\u201d \u00a0Similarly, on Sundays, there is inevitably a thread devoted to what the posters are doing instead of attending sabbath services in \u201cthe Cult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those who post\u00a0on the thread appear to live incredibly rich lives on Sunday. \u00a0Contrary to appearances \u2014 which strongly suggest that they\u2019re spending at least significant portions of the day sitting in seclusion before a computer screen typing notes to a group of strangers about how much they hate Mormonism<\/a> and about how fiercely and completely they despise Mormon leaders, their Mormon neighbors, their Mormon family members, and their Mormon ex-spouses (one fellow posts regular satires of\u00a0the weekly letters that his young nephew, currently serving as a full-time missionary, sends to his family) \u2014 the participants on this board apparently spend most Sundays hiking in alpine meadows,\u00a0eating lavish gourmet breakfasts, sipping fine wines, enjoying trendy music at fashionable venues,\u00a0luxuriating at beautiful\u00a0beach resorts, training for marathons, and\/or reading very deep experimental fiction.<\/p>\n

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But now we may know something else that they\u2019re doing on Sundays, rather than attending church: \u00a0They\u2019re dying faster.<\/p>\n

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