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<\/a>Since someone recently suggested to me that Liberal Protestantism doesn\u2019t really have a message that it can proclaim that will attract converts, I had to share this bit of news: a scientific study suggests that the brains of mainline Protestants rot slower than those of people of other faiths<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Unfortunately, I am guessing from the chart that my life-changing religious experience counterbalances the effects of my connection with mainline Protestantism.
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Since someone recently suggested to me that Liberal Protestantism doesn\u2019t really have a message that it can proclaim that will attract converts, I had to share this bit of news: a scientific study suggests that the brains of mainline Protestants rot slower than those of people of other faiths. 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