There's a Reason Why Christians do Stupid Things

[Angrboda]

I can tell you're trying to make some kind of point through sarcasm but I have no idea what.

I'm just making fun of your outlook on the world, but I do understand that you have no hope beyond the world of which you speak.  You just go on telling me how much better it is to be this way.

In religious countries, including the U.S., religious people describe themselves as happier (1). In relatively godless countries, such as the Netherlands, or Denmark, religious people are not happier (2).

This striking inconsistency between the U.S. and godless countries may have a fairly simple explanation. Religious people are in the majority in the U.S., but in a minority in Denmark and the Netherlands. Feeling part of the mainstream may be comforting whereas being in the minority is stressful.

Even within the U.S. there are curious inconsistencies. The most religious states are the least happy based on Gallup data. This mirrors the pattern amongst countries.

Countries with the highest average self-reported happiness are the least religious (3). The happiest nations are, in order, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands (4). Sweden, Denmark and Norway are the second, third, and fourth least religious countries, being exceeded only by formerly-communist Estonia in their atheism.

Are Religious People Happier?

It's unclear that your worldview equips you any better than an atheist worldview, in general. In developed countries, less religion correlates with increased happiness. In less well developed countries, religion may provide some hedge against anxiety. Regardless, there doesn't appear to be any general superiority in terms of happiness of people with your worldview. Your anecdotes about how fulfilling your Christian life is are fascinating, but do little to dispel the general picture.