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conscious. They often eat healthier, exercise more regularly and practice safer life choices. They often choose to drink less, not smoke and practice safe sex. Lower rates of heart disease and hypertension have been reported. Lower risks for certain types of cancer and healthier immune systems have also resulted. Religious people have shorter hospital stays and fewer mortality risks.
They tend to have a more
positive outlook and a stronger will to live.
Religion often provides an answer for what happens after death. People have differing thoughts on death. Some are scared while others think of it as a natural process occurring at the end of life. All religions provide a system for dealing with death. They try to provide comfort and calmness when dealing with the inevitability of the ending of one’s life. When preparing for death religion can also provide a sense of meaning for the individual. Most people do not want to believe that life ends at death. They are reassured by the thought of an afterlife. Ideas of heaven or reincarnation provide individuals with a sense that their souls will continue to reside after their bodies are gone. Reincarnation gives them a chance to live again in another life. Some people do believe that