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Are Religious People Healthier Than Non-Religious People?

Is non-religiosity a health liability? Not so fast.

Mitchell Diamond
The Labyrinth
Published in
9 min readJun 24, 2021

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A slew of academic research in recent decades posits that adherence to religion is good for your health. Various studies have concluded that religious people are healthier on average and that religion is a coping mechanism for dealing with physiological and psychological…

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Mitchell Diamond
The Labyrinth

Author of Darwin’s Apple: The Evolutionary Biology of Religion, a new take on the function and purpose of religion. http://www.darwinsapple.com