PICKING
THE PERFECT AGE

Topics: Beauty; Change; Culture; Eternal Life; Immortality; Mortality; Perfection; Self-image; Time; Women

References: Proverbs 31:30; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19–20; Galatians 2:6; 1 Peter 3:3–4

“What age would you want to stay eternally?” asked a Kelton survey of 1,019 adult women. Their response:

•     under 18: 2 percent

•     18 to 20: 4 percent

•     21 to 30: 35 percent

•     31 to 40: 29 percent

•     41 to 50: 14 percent

•     51 to 60: 6 percent

•     over 61: 3 percent

•     don’t know: 7 percent

—Mary Cadden and Dave Merrill, USA Today “Snapshots” (November 14, 2006)