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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:16 pm
(August 16, 2015 at 12:11 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 11:57 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Sorry, it's that irreligious generosity kicking in.
And the fact remains that this has nothing to do with actual belief in a god or gods. A secular organization could provide everything mentored in the OP and have the same impact on people.
If that were true, Nemo, then why did the research study not find that participating in secular organizations achieved the same degree of happiness?
This is SCIENCE. 
Did you read the study at all, besides the parts that you wanted to see there?
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm
(August 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm)IATIA Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 11:13 am)Randy Carson Wrote: Question: What is the best way to achieve "sustained happiness"? Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll! The more one gets, the happier one will be!
Most definitely not your god thing.
Yeah, that worked wonders for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone, Kurt Cobain...
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:24 pm
(August 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm)IATIA Wrote: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll! The more one gets, the happier one will be!
Most definitely not your god thing.
Yeah, that worked wonders for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone, Kurt Cobain...
Being dead sure beats sitting on a church pew listening to interminably boring sermons.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:28 pm
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(August 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm)IATIA Wrote: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll! The more one gets, the happier one will be!
Most definitely not your god thing.
Yeah, that worked wonders for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone, Kurt Cobain...
And religion worked great for David Koresh, Jim Jones and their followers. Then, there is of course, my favorite. We all know what that is. It is the Inquisition. Yeah, religion good.
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:37 pm
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:37 pm
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:40 pm
(August 16, 2015 at 12:24 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (August 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Yeah, that worked wonders for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone, Kurt Cobain...
Being dead sure beats sitting on a church pew listening to interminably boring sermons.
Sitting on a church pew listening to interminably boring sermons has nothing to do with knowing Jesus.
You've done the former but not the latter.
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:40 pm
(August 16, 2015 at 12:37 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: As I have stated elsewhere in this forum, God is not interested in our happiness; He is interested in our holiness. If we are also happy in this life, that's a bonus.
Then what is the purpose of seeking "sustained happiness"?
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:41 pm
(August 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: (August 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm)IATIA Wrote: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll! The more one gets, the happier one will be!
Most definitely not your god thing.
Yeah, that worked wonders for Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone, Kurt Cobain...
You are aware that jimi hendirx did not commit suicide. He died of a medical mistake. Just wanted to point that out.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: STUDY: Want ‘sustained happiness’? Get religion.
August 16, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Seems better than to die dumb enough to fit in an old religion. Ah Jimmy... I will beat you with my guitar 
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