Are religious people happier? Here’s what the science says – Deseret News

Debates about the impact of religion in the world have been going on for a long time. There is one facet of that debate, however, which, scientifically speaking, is largely…

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Married People Happier, Religious Married People Happiest

If sitcoms, movies, opinion pieces, and mainstream editorials were our only source of information, we’d have to conclude that marriage is a path to misery, the “old ball and chain”…

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Why You May Want to Get Religion

In 1992, the American alternative rock band R.E.M. won two Grammy Awards for its song “Losing My Religion.” The band explained that they wrote the song about unrequited love. But…

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Religion has real and tangible benefits for followers

Psychologists and neuroscientists are discovering what followers of religion have intuitively understood for thousands of years — that taking part in religious rituals and practices makes life better for participants….

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In pursuit of happiness – Deseret News

I was an undergraduate right around the time “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins and other famous polemical anti-religious books came out. Big picture questions about religion and its harms…

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