Long life in the context of poor Church participation

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Most people control things such as submission and house cleaning, but what is put off a church with membership? New research has shown that procrastination religion as can build.

In the study, published in the International Journal of social economics researchers examined how life expectancy of people the religion influenced religiosity, or the area of devotion and expression.

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The authors conclude that leads increased life expectancy "Shift of religious participation," especially for religions that bind eternal rewards for time and favor ideas such as personal salvation not about predestination.

This one zunehmenanzahl of churches, synagogues, mosques and temples see "Grays" can take account of religious congregations, say the researchers.

Although other factors influence religious participation, age changed how people perceive the costs and benefits of religion through time. People can see the time and effort taken to worship as costs, while weighing the benefits of gaining a sense of community, greater spirituality and personal faith in the hereafter.

In places with low life expectancy is more the risk of dying of a reality that can be used for higher religiosity, the researchers say. The older generations the same is true.

The trend is clearly in the United States, as religious participation jumps 18 percent for the comparison of people in their 20s, the 65 years and older, 2010 Gallup poll.

In addition to do a better job in the highlight of the worldly benefits the Church, religious communities should keep in mind the results of the study, when trying to get members.

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"To increase overall participation, religious institutions want to complaints of entry should be religious newcomers, old or young, to reduce", Elissaios Papyrakis, University of East Anglia researcher, who led the investigation in a press release said. "This may capture relate to make accessible information about the Organization and to help newcomers to follow religious activities without feeling lost or uncomfortable."

The data for the research were taken over by the World Bank and the world value survey DataSet.

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