[si tacuissem]

aamm: "and tho they are requesting prayer, they are also involved with doctors and modern medical technology.."
e-s:You're so right, and it makes no sense to be requesting that others pray, while you openly disobey the word of God. Another thing that I have noticed is how quickly my friends here are dying, and I don't take that lightly.

Just to observations:

1. The average lifetime in the U.S. and Western Europe is increasing over the last centuries. Does this mean that the Westerners became more devout Christians?
2. The Japanese are amongst those with the longest lifespans. Is this due to their Shintoism? Or perhaps western medicine?

[editor-surveyor]

"The average lifetime in the U.S. and Western Europe is increasing over the last centuries."

That is media propaganda, not fact. Lifespans are exactly the same now as they were when the Lord walked the Earth.

"The Japanese are amongst those with the longest lifespans..."

More media myth. White northern Europeans, and Americans descended from that group continue to be the longest lived population. The "oldest person in the world" just died in Tennessee a few days ago, and was replaced by a woman in California.