You're missing what I was up to. It's the converse I was challenging. The claim was made that “There's no statistically significant difference in what happens to people who obey god and those who don't”. Well, there is.
Why that might be is a whole different discussion to the OP. Which I don't feel like getting into because (a) it has no bearing on the truth or otherwise of Xianity (b) The message from Jesus was 'If you're doing it right, it'll hurt and you may die'. But there will be an inner peace that is not the absence of trouble; it is the presence of God.
So I would agree that the statement I made that Xians are happier is definitely over simplistic. It's more complex than that. But the converse is challenged by a lot of research, and there is certainly more than a grain of truth in the statements I was making.
Why that might be is a whole different discussion to the OP. Which I don't feel like getting into because (a) it has no bearing on the truth or otherwise of Xianity (b) The message from Jesus was 'If you're doing it right, it'll hurt and you may die'. But there will be an inner peace that is not the absence of trouble; it is the presence of God.
So I would agree that the statement I made that Xians are happier is definitely over simplistic. It's more complex than that. But the converse is challenged by a lot of research, and there is certainly more than a grain of truth in the statements I was making.