Does religion make you happy
Religion is one, but not the only, factor that can contribute to happiness.Here are joel's parents again:And if religion is the cause of life satisfaction, what is responsible — spirituality, social contacts,.No matter what your religion tells you, happiness is an individual choice.By tithing i am pleasing god.
Brooks does have a passage suggesting that religious belief has a genetic component, as does happiness, implying without arguing in any detail that there might be a connection between the two.The other is whether religion itself makes you happier.Another study placed participants in a room which supposedly had a ghost of a dead graduate present while they were taking a test.Does religion make people happy, or do happy people become religious?So, it's hard to tease out the impact of faith from other factors, like community, on happiness.
I think the world is a better place because of our little bit of tithing.The most important thing to remember is that spirituality is not a mark of happiness.Sex makes us very, very happy.So, according to this study, it is actually the social connections and sense of purpose that religion fosters that causes those who are religious to be happier (study shown here).Religion can thus satisfy your desires for socialization and this makes you happy because happiness is psychologically related to life satisfaction.
It can be one of the things that make you happy.Sometimes the gaps are striking:Welcome to religious forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.A born again christians is a son or daughter of god, himself.
