22 April 2006

Being a Christian makes you happier ...

We now have studies showing that religious allegiance on average will help you live longer, and now that you are more likely to feel yourself happier:
The study, commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance and Premier Radio, found that of those polled 75 per cent of church goers said they were happy with life compared to 54 per cent of people who never attend a service. When a parallel study was carried out with evangelical Christians the happiness percentage rose to over 80.


All of this prompts a question: what has atheism got to commend it? Indeed, if there is no God, why is it that acting as if there were is a survival plus? Add that question to the one about why it is easier to commend morality on the basis of a theistic world view than one which rules God out ...
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