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Survivorship bias. Especially for high-demand religions, answering "no" means admitting the church you make so many sacrifices for does absolutely nothing. This
by xabotage 5y ago
Survivorship bias. Especially for high-demand religions, answering "no" means admitting the church you make so many sacrifices for does absolutely nothing. This leaves those who are either too afraid to confront the cognitive dissonance or who were already happy in the first place.
- azinman2 5y agoWhere do you get the premise of religion being a happier life?
- xabotage 5y agoI never said it was, I'm not sure why you think I did.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoYour answer of "survivorship bias" hints that you are assuming the parent's "are you happy" is a yes. Assuming for argument's sake, that is.
- xabotage 5y agoThe post title implies religiosity != happiness, the parent implied other results might differ, my comment was a response to that possibility, for the sake of argument as you said.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoFor most faithful, the answer would be 'experience'. People happy in their faith tend to stay. Those who aren't tend to leave eventually.
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- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago> Especially for high-demand religions, answering "no" means admitting the church you make so many sacrifices for does absolutely nothing. I think there's a chasm or 10 between declining a responsibility and denouncing your faith.