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In a study of Christian church members who approached their church for help with a personal or family member's diagnosed mental illness, researchers found that more than 32 percent were told by their pastor that they or their loved one did not really have a mental illness.

The problem was solely spiritual in nature, they were told.

Here's the thing: Other studies have found that clergy, and not psychologists or other mental health experts, are the most common source of help sought in times of psychological distress.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

Aug. 17) - The mystery behind the age of the Shroud of Turin was solved, or so experts thought. Twenty years ago, scientists using radiocarbon dating estimated that the famous artifact was produced some time in the Middle Ages -- a blow to those who contended the material was in fact the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.But now one of the shroud’s most prominent researchers has embarked on a new effort to challenge the findings with the help of his wife.