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To: bentway who wrote (769580)2/14/2014 8:48:07 PM
From: koan  Respond to of 1577063
 
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Those who believe some people face eternal torment in the afterlife tend to be less satisfied with their current life and less happy, according to a new study published in PLoS One.

“Although religiosity is consistently tied to greater well-being, little research has examined which elements of religious belief offer mood benefits, which do not, and which may in fact be detrimental,” Azim F. Shariff of the University of Oregon and Lara B. Aknin of the Simon Fraser University in Canada wrote in their study.>>

That is the thesis of this book: Infidel

<<Infidel by AyaanHersi Ali

en.wikipedia.org



To: bentway who wrote (769580)2/14/2014 9:13:58 PM
From: Broken_Clock  Respond to of 1577063
 
Shariff and Aknin found that both the belief in Heaven and the belief in Hell were significant, but divergent, predictors of happiness at the national level. Countries that had higher rates of happiness had lower rates of belief in Hell and higher rates of belief in Heaven.
That's why jamie Dimon is so happy.


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