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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by xabotage on Saturday October 23, 2021 @03:52PM (#28971657)
Survivorship bias. Especially for high-demand religions, answering "no" means admitting the church you make so many sacrifices for does absolutely nothing. This leaves those who are either too afraid to confront the cognitive dissonance or who were already happy in the first place.
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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:10PM (#28972302)
> Especially for high-demand religions, answering "no" means admitting the church you make so many sacrifices for does absolutely nothing.

I think there's a chasm or 10 between declining a responsibility and denouncing your faith.

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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by azinman2 on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:24PM (#28971902)
Where do you get the premise of religion being a happier life?
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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:06PM (#28972276)
For most faithful, the answer would be 'experience'. People happy in their faith tend to stay. Those who aren't tend to leave eventually.
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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by xabotage on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:03PM (#28972247)
I never said it was, I'm not sure why you think I did.
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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:15PM (#28972347)
Your answer of "survivorship bias" hints that you are assuming the parent's "are you happy" is a yes.

Assuming for argument's sake, that is.

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Re:20Y study finds little evidence religiosity leads to grea... by xabotage on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:45PM (#28972644)
The post title implies religiosity != happiness, the parent implied other results might differ, my comment was a response to that possibility, for the sake of argument as you said.
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