Religious people much happier and have more 'life satisfacti

[cronus]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... thers.html

Religious people much happier and have more 'life satisfaction' than others,

Does religious affiliation contribute to happiness?
A recent study by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture found that a strong correlation exists between religious affiliation and personal happiness.
The institute surveyed a sample of 15,738 Americans between the ages of 18 and 60, according to the Breitbart News Network.
Of the more than 15,000 sampled, 45 percent of those who attend a religious service on a weekly basis described themselves as 'very happy,' while only 28 percent of those who said they 'never' attend said the same

(continued, opium of the masses doing its job...)

[JimC]

Opiates of the people are comforting by definition...

[pErvinalia]

yep

[pErvinalia]

Which is why I want to get into opium!

[Hermit]

Lol. The study finds that the key element of happiness is "a network of friends and fellow congregants, sharing common purposes and motivations", then conflates this fundamentally social fact with having faith in a God. Well done, fuckers.

[piscator]

Opiates of the people are comforting by definition...

Well, there's nothing to stop the atheists and Buddhists from raping and killing, so no wonder there's so much more grief in their lives.

[cronus]

I'm always happier engrossed in some fantasy fiction. Takes my mind of the news.

[JimC]

Opiates of the people are comforting by definition...

Well, there's nothing to stop the atheists and Buddhists from raping and killing, so no wonder there's so much more grief in their lives.

My days are so full of rape and murder, I barely have time to mark maths tests and drink gin...

[piscator]

Opiates of the people are comforting by definition...

Well, there's nothing to stop the atheists and Buddhists from raping and killing, so no wonder there's so much more grief in their lives.

My days are so full of rape and murder, I barely have time to mark maths tests and drink gin...

I know!

[Mark Dreher]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... thers.html

Religious people much happier and have more 'life satisfaction' than others,

Does religious affiliation contribute to happiness?
A recent study by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture found that a strong correlation exists between religious affiliation and personal happiness.
The institute surveyed a sample of 15,738 Americans between the ages of 18 and 60, according to the Breitbart News Network.
Of the more than 15,000 sampled, 45 percent of those who attend a religious service on a weekly basis described themselves as 'very happy,' while only 28 percent of those who said they 'never' attend said the same

(continued, opium of the masses doing its job...)

Yay, Scrumple.

Proud of you.

Yes, this whole thing, religion, the purpose?

"To make you feel good"

More often, eventually

24/7, bulletproof

"Always feel good".

I had "2 days", in the last "three years"

Where is even slightly "felt bad".

So 2 days

Out of a thousand.

That's, "pretty typical"

998 euphoric, "I am going to take the earth", days.

And 2 stinkers.

So..

That would be typical.

What did Jesus, always say?

"Peace, be with you", and

"My peace, I leave with you".

What??

That's all he did?

Make you feel good?

Ya

Fraid so

Jesus, "don't give you wealth"

That's, a pain.

He give you "the mindset, of wealth"

Without, the drawbacks.

You, "become rich?"

When you believe him

And

"Stop worrying".

About anything.

Is what he's saying.

[Mark Dreher]

Opiates of the people are comforting by definition...

All "life is about?"

Is "the next five minutes".

The five minutes, coming up.

That's it.

The rest, your past?

It don't add up, to anything

If it can't help yo, "right now".

Religion is

Right now...

Why don't you feel good?

Why?

Religion? addressees, that.

The next five minutes.

And the next

And the next.

How, can you get through life, "bulletproof"?

To any pain?

To any misery.

From, any fear

From, any misery?

That, is religion.

Protection, for your spirit.

The only thing, that can, "feel good, or bad", your spirit.

How, is your spirit?

Religion, addresses that.

The right now

This very second..

You should feel good.

The spirit?

Will tell you.

TAKE IT!!

The spirit screams

Don't be a baby!!

This is life

Your only opportunity

Get some balls

And take it.

[Pappa]

Lol. The study finds that the key element of happiness is "a network of friends and fellow congregants, sharing common purposes and motivations", then conflates this fundamentally social fact with having faith in a God. Well done, fuckers.

Plus, the study was conducted in the US, where in many states, it's not that easy to be an atheist.

[Mark Dreher]

Lol. The study finds that the key element of happiness is "a network of friends and fellow congregants, sharing common purposes and motivations", then conflates this fundamentally social fact with having faith in a God. Well done, fuckers.

Ya, friends "help", a little.

Very little.

Eventually, "God will get you alone"

With no tv on.

And no radio.

And no shelter.

And, "if you think, you can get away??"

Take another drink.

You can't.

You, are going, to have to deal, with that bugger, God.

And, she better be happy

Or?

You won't be.

All the dope

And all the booze

And all the distraction

And all the stupidity

"Will not save you"

It's just

"You, and her", in a room.

And you better, be friends.

All I can say.

Having a spouse, friends, anything

Can help, a little.

But not ultimately

You, are going to have to deal, with that bitch, God.

Then, you find out?

She ain't one, at all.

It was a simulation.

Oh my God!!

I should have known.

"God is good".

After all.

But, you only find that out?

After, "she has beat, the hell, out of you".

It's weird, a relationship, with God?

Is initially, "yucky"

But then, you start to realize, "I live, because this bitch, loves me"

DESPERATELY.

Every human?

Existed before, "and God fell in love with them"

So? "She reused their spirit, over and over", forever.

When you realize, that..

"You are special", or? "you would have not, been 'recreated'"

You then, relax.

No worries.

You live?

For only one reason

"God loves you".

Desperately.

Hey, life is good

After all.

[Mark Dreher]

I'm always happier engrossed in some fantasy fiction. Takes my mind of the news.

Me too.

Those are called "scenarios".

Little scenes, little plays, little "fantasies", that God plays, in your mind.

A shiny person, typically, "is a loner"

Who is actually, "not alone".

There is someone else, in the room.

And they?

Want to play.

All the time.

Do fantasies, i.e. "cool stuff".

24/7

She know, what they are.

And "how to be cool".

She, Shekinah, "controls us".

Very strictly.

How we walk

How we talk

How we "pose".

Everything.

A "relationship with Shekinah"?

Will entail, her filling your mind, "with cool stuff"

What she considers, cool.

You learn, to be cool

From her

This other, person in the room

When we are alone, supposedly..

We are not alone.

Shiny people

Are married

To the Holy Spirit

Though she, may not, tell them that.

For a long time.

[Mark Dreher]

My days are so full of rape and murder, I barely have time to mark maths tests and drink gin...

Gin?

Like a gimlet?

Someday, I'm going to have to try that.

"Gin gimlet"

I think, I would like to try that.

It sounds neat.

I tried gin, about 25 years ago.

Not really remarkable, or anything.

Just booze.

If you want something special?

Make the gin, into "Gmeltch".

Woa..

Now, you made something.

Costs?

About 50 bucks, a drink.

But worth?

About 500.

A drink.

Gmeltch?

That is "climbing Mt Everest."

K2

That "is winning a Nobel Prize"

That?

Is a miracle.

A different planet.

A completely, different planet.