Researchers actually believe that a belief in God could lead to a more contented life. Religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a job or divorce, claims the study presented to a Royal Economic Society conference.
Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of "life satisfaction" in believers. However, researcher Professor Andrew Clark said other aspects of a religious upbringing unrelated to belief may influence future happiness. This is not the first study to draw links between religion and happiness, with a belief among many psychologists that some factor in either belief, or its observance, offering benefits.
Professor Clark, from the Paris School of Economics, and co-author Dr Orsolya Lelkes from the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, used information from household surveys to analyze the attitudes of Christians - both Catholic and Protestant - not only to their own happiness, but also to issues such as unemployment. Their findings, they said, suggested that religion could offer a "buffer" which protected from life's disappointments.
So next natural question is what has happened with Bin Laden and Iran’s Ayatollahs? Why they are so unhappy and they want to make the rest of us unhappy as well? I think now the Muslims all around the word they have the best argument, the research proves that Bin Laden, Ayatollahs and all these religious freaks …don’t believe in Allah!
I’m coming with some really weird ideas days before Easter!!!
