> These all work, to an extent. But there's really only one way to deal with the problem once and for all and that's what Jesus did 2000 years ago. I respect t

> These all work, to an extent. But there's really only one way to deal with the problem once and for all and that's what Jesus did 2000 years ago. I respect that you've stated this is your perspective as a Christian. However, I think most people on this community are coming from a perspective of empiricism. I'm not a die-hard empiricist in general, but when I'm posting on Hacker News, i try my very best to stay within the lines of that tradition. Within that scope, would you find value in being able to cite empirical research supporting your assertion that religious faith is the "only" valid method of being happy? Not to mention, exactly one religion? Does your religious belief grant you more happiness than a devout Hindu or Muslim? How do you measure it? Also, considering "unhappiness" to be a "problem" which you've "solved", does that mean you are never unhappy? I don't mean these questions to be demeaning. I have actually been in very deep depressive episodes where at some points, I decided that I would have loved to get deep into some religion and just turned on whatever solace those folks seem to get. But it was impossible - the contradictions are so glaring that I continue to not really understand how people who otherwise have very good problem solving and logic skills can be absorbed into such religions. This is all given that I also had experience with the so-called "mind control cult" phenomenon, that you'd see in a group like Scientology or the Moonies - in those scenarios, you develop an emotional block that prevents you from applying any critical thinking to the religious doctrine in question. Everyone is supposedly susceptible to some form of mind-control-based disabling of critical thinking. I can only assume that we all are regularly slipping into small forms of whatever critical-thinking pits we are susceptible towards - even super rationalists...but I lack the intellect to prove it :) (perhaps this is my personal critical thinking pit).