Why Religion Makes People Happier (Hint: Not God) (hell, Mormons, America)
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Stephanie Pappas
Date: 06 December 2010 Time: 10:32 PM ET
Religious people are more satisfied with their lives than nonbelievers, but a new study finds it's not a relationship with God that makes the devout happy. Instead, the satisfaction boost may come from closer ties to earthly neighbors.
According to a study published today (Dec. 7) in the journal American Sociological Review, religious people gain life satisfaction thanks to social networks they build by attending religious services. The results apply to Catholics and mainline and evangelical Protestants. The number of Jews, Mormons, Muslims and people of other religions interviewed was too small to draw conclusions about those populations, according to study researcher Chaeyoon Lim, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"We show that [life satisfaction] is almost entirely about the social aspect of religion, rather than the theological or spiritual aspect of religion," Lim told LiveScience. "We found that people are more satisfied with their lives when they go to church, because they build a social network within their congregation.
I don't buy this. You have to be embarrassingly stupid to believe in this nonsense in 2012. But if you really are dumb enough to believe an invisible jewish zombie is going to re-rise from the dead and say hello in a few- complete with goblins and mass grave risings and floating on clouds with grandpa- how can it not make you feel good?
Stephanie Pappas
Date: 06 December 2010 Time: 10:32 PM ET
Religious people are more satisfied with their lives than nonbelievers, but a new study finds it's not a relationship with God that makes the devout happy. Instead, the satisfaction boost may come from closer ties to earthly neighbors.
According to a study published today (Dec. 7) in the journal American Sociological Review, religious people gain life satisfaction thanks to social networks they build by attending religious services. The results apply to Catholics and mainline and evangelical Protestants. The number of Jews, Mormons, Muslims and people of other religions interviewed was too small to draw conclusions about those populations, according to study researcher Chaeyoon Lim, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"We show that [life satisfaction] is almost entirely about the social aspect of religion, rather than the theological or spiritual aspect of religion," Lim told LiveScience. "We found that people are more satisfied with their lives when they go to church, because they build a social network within their
I don't buy this. You have to be embarrassingly stupid to believe in this nonsense in 2012. But if you really are dumb enough to believe an invisible jewish zombie is going to re-rise from the dead and say hello in a few- complete with goblins and mass grave risings and floating on clouds with grandpa- how can it not make you feel good?
Let the Christian-bashings begin......again.
To liberals who are also devout Christians: Doesn't this kind of hateful bashing of your religious faith bother you?
- This was written by men to control the plebes. Grown-ups shouldn't take it seriously in 2012.
Adults 3:15
You're new around here Conor2483, so I'll explain how this works.
First, someone starts a thread on some aspect of religion, the First Amendment or some other issue related in some way to religion.
Next, the usual cast of characters show up to hate on Christians and religion more generally.
After that, the discussion typically moves to creation, and or the Big Bang, and finally First Cause.
To save time and keystrokes, if you would like to assert that you believe all that is, to include time and space, spontaneously emerged from nothing and for no reason and at a specific moment in finite time before time existed, I won't bother to explain why given any point in space a moment in the past can never be far enough in the past to allow the present moment to exist in an infinite time frame.
Obviously the social aspect is the biggest part of any church. I know it's always been pushed a place to make contacts, for everthing from finding a mate to selling insurance.
- This was written by men to control the plebes. Grown-ups shouldn't take it seriously in 2012.
Adults 3:15
Here's a needed addendum to your idiotic Adults 3:15 nonsense;
Adults are comfortable enough in their own beliefs or lack thereof to refrain from bashing others for no good reason. Small minded people with no tolerance for the views of others make comments such as yours, not adults.
Here's a needed addendum to your idiotic Adults 3:15 nonsense;
Adults are comfortable enough in their own beliefs or lack thereof to refrain from bashing others for no good reason. Small minded people with no tolerance for the views of others make comments such as yours, not adults.
Thanks for showing your true colors early.
I have very good reasons for bashing Christianity. Belief without evidence is extremely dangerous for the future of human civilization.
I am tolerant. But I am not tolerant of intolerance, which is why I don't tolerate Christian nonsense.
Say that ten times fast.
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