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That claim makes perfect sense if you replace "church" with something like club, organization, or community. I don't think anyone would disagree that humans par
by plagiarist 3y ago
That claim makes perfect sense if you replace "church" with something like club, organization, or community. I don't think anyone would disagree that humans participating in social groups are on average happier.
I certainly question their sources of information since they did write "church" instead.
- hotpotamus 3y agoAren't religious people happier in general? Community is important no doubt, but I think there's more going on. I'd love to be religious if it was possible for me; to believe that when I die, I'm not just going to cease to exist and lose everything I ever was; to believe that there is some eternal meaning to anything.