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I am currently doing a project on how Religion affects Happiness, and in order to obtain the widest data sample possible, I have posted my survey on this, and several other blogs. Please take five minutes out of your obviously not busy lifes to fill out the form, and email me the results. Any format (Word, Adobe, etc.) is acceptable, as long as it is legible. If you email me a page of obscenities, I will give your email address to everyone around me and tell them to send you the same email thirty times. The survey as follows.

 

RELIGIOUS

 

Scale of Happiness 1 to 100

 

Gender

 

What actions do you perform in church?

Sing

Dance

Pray

Read

Daydream

 

How religious are you? 1 to 100

 

What is your attitude toward Atheism?

Accepting

Dislike

Extreme dislike

Murderous hate

 

What is your favorite aspect of religion?

 

Do you feel like your life is prioritized or that you feel as though your life is leading up to a certain point?

 

What religious media do you find comforting?

 

About how many people go to your church?

 

How many of the people who go to your church do you know personally?

 

Have you ever had a religious experience? If so, did you feel differently afterwards and how long did this new feeling last?

 

ATHIESTIC/AGNOSTIC

 

Scale of happiness 1 to 100

 

Gender

 

What is your attitude towards religion?

Accepting

Dislike

Extreme dislike

Murderous hate

 

What is your favorite aspect of atheism?

 

What form of atheistic media do you find pleasant?

 

 

My email as follows

 

zachary.s.green@gmail.com

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I apologize for the inconveniences. I am posting on other sites, where you can contribute anonymously, and I have revised my questions so that they will encompass a wider range of feelings. Also, if you have qualms about my request for your email, simply post the results as a reply, and remain (relatively) anonymous. New survey as follows.

 

1. How happy are you? 1 to 100

 

2. Gender

 

3. What is your attitude towards alternative religion?

Accepting

Dislike

Extreme dislike

Murderous hate

 

4. The Bible is a very poor account of history

Agree

Disagree

 

5. I regularly attend church

Agree (answer red questions)

Disagree (Do not answer red questions)

 

6. At my church, we sing, dance, or do activities that brings us closer together

Agree

Disagree

 

7. God, Allah, or any spiritual entity does not exist

Agree

Disagree

 

8. The world would be a better place if religion had never existed

Agree

Disagree

 

9. I have never had a spiritual experience

Agree

Disagree

 

10. My parents were not religious

Agree

Disagree

 

11. I believe everyone should have freedom of religion

Agree

Disagree

 

12. I believe children should have the opportunity to experience all religions, and make the choice for themselves, even at the risk of them accepting a religion that I believe is wrong, thereby condemning them to an eternity of punishment, a low-quality reincarnation, etc.

Agree

Disagree

 

13. “In God we Trust” should be removed from all U.S. currency

Agree

Disagree

 

14. The Pledge of Allegiance should not include “Under God”

Agree

Disagree

 

15. If I commit a crime, God will punish me for it

Agree

Disagree

 

16. If I do not go to church, God will punish me for it

Agree

Disagree

 

17. God Created the Universe

Agree

Disagree

18. I know many of the people who go to my church personally

Agree

Disagree

 

19. Gays should have equal rights (Marriage, property, etc.)

Agree

Disagree

 

20. There is nothing going on in my life that might significantly alter my happiness

Agree

Disagree

 

21. Please rank your happiness on the scale

 

1 100

 

1= Severely depressed, not interested in things that used to captivate you, no laughing at things you would normally find amusing, people do not enjoy your company because you are so depressing

 

100= You are regularly cheerful, you shrug off minor annoyances, you are pleasant to be around

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i would believe that the anwer is quite simple. Yes, religion does affect happiness. dependent on your religious belief because as a child your parents instill morals based upon the religion. Your happiness is dependent on how you react to your morals.

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Yes religion does effect happiness.... my simple conculsion would be that when a person practices his particular religion it gives him a sort of inner happiness and when he does something against his religion his conscience eats him making him sad. but this affects only the people who believe in the religion they follow.

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1. How happy are you? 1 to 100

 

90.25

 

2. Gender

 

M

 

3. What is your attitude towards alternative religion?

 

Comical

 

4. The Bible is a very poor account of history

 

Agree

 

5. I regularly attend church

 

Disagree (Do not answer red questions)

 

6. At my church, we sing, dance, or do activities that brings us closer together

 

If I went to church, I would like some entertainment

 

7. God, Allah, or any spiritual entity does not exist

 

Agree

 

8. The world would be a better place if religion had never existed

 

Disagree

 

9. I have never had a spiritual experience

 

Depends on how you define spiritual. I don't think I have had any supernatural experiences, but I have had some experiences during meditation that some might say are spiritual.

 

10. My parents were not religious

 

Disagree

 

11. I believe everyone should have freedom of religion

 

Agree, which requires freedom from religion

 

12. I believe children should have the opportunity to experience all religions, and make the choice for themselves, even at the risk of them accepting a religion that I believe is wrong, thereby condemning them to an eternity of punishment, a low-quality reincarnation, etc.

 

Agree - opportunity, but not required

 

13. “In God we Trust” should be removed from all U.S. currency

 

Agree

 

14. The Pledge of Allegiance should not include “Under God”

 

Agree

 

15. If I commit a crime, God will punish me for it

 

Disagree

 

16. If I do not go to church, God will punish me for it

 

Disagree

 

17. God Created the Universe

 

Disagree

 

18. I know many of the people who go to my church personally

 

I know many people who attend a church.

 

19. Gays should have equal rights (Marriage, property, etc.)

 

Equal rights, benefits, privileges, et

 

20. There is nothing going on in my life that might significantly alter my happiness

 

Disagree

 

21. Please rank your happiness on the scale

 

90.0

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1. How happy are you? 1 to 100

89.314

2. Gender

M

3. What is your attitude towards alternative religion?

Accepting

 

 

4. The Bible is a very poor account of history

 

Disagree

 

5. I regularly attend church

 

Disagree

 

6. At my church, we sing, dance, or do activities that brings us closer together

 

Disagree

 

7. God, Allah, or any spiritual entity does not exist

 

Disagree

 

8. The world would be a better place if religion had never existed

 

Disagree

 

9. I have never had a spiritual experience

 

Disagree

 

10. My parents were not religious

Agree

 

 

11. I believe everyone should have freedom of religion

Agree

 

 

12. I believe children should have the opportunity to experience all religions, and make the choice for themselves, even at the risk of them accepting a religion that I believe is wrong, thereby condemning them to an eternity of punishment, a low-quality reincarnation, etc.

Agree

 

 

13. “In God we Trust” should be removed from all U.S. currency

 

Disagree

 

14. The Pledge of Allegiance should not include “Under God”

Agree

 

15. If I commit a crime, God will punish me for it

 

Disagree

 

16. If I do not go to church, God will punish me for it

 

Disagree

 

17. God Created the Universe

Agree

 

18. I know many of the people who go to my church personally

Agree

 

19. Gays should have equal rights (Marriage, property, etc.)

Agree

 

20. There is nothing going on in my life that might significantly alter my happiness

 

Disagree

 

21. Please rank your happiness on the scale

 

1 100

89.314

1= Severely depressed, not interested in things that used to captivate you, no laughing at things you would normally find amusing, people do not enjoy your company because you are so depressing

 

100= You are regularly cheerful, you shrug off minor annoyances, you are pleasant to be around

 

 

:D:D:D

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yes..religion affect to happiness. when we have nothing... the religion still stay in our believe , guide us through the darkness day into the light of tomorrow rolleyes.gif

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"yes..religion affect to happiness. when we have nothing"

It's God's fault.

 

 

"What is your attitude toward Atheism?

Accepting

Dislike

Extreme dislike

Murderous hate"

You missed out boundless love as an option.

I presume this is due to personal bias on your part.

A questionnaire designed to elicit information should be written in such a way as to avoid that sort of bias.

Since this one doesn't, the data from it will be of questionable value.

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Just as adults are generally less happy than children, because they are honestly confronting all the difficult uncertainties of human existence with none of the reassuring myths of infancy, so too religious believers are happier than atheists, as most polls suggest. But a more essential question is, who wants the happiness of being naive? If the price of being a fully conscious human is direct confrontation with existentialism's unsolvable challenges, then that is a price worth paying for being completely awake to reality.

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Just as adults are generally less happy than children, because they are honestly confronting all the difficult uncertainties of human existence with none of the reassuring myths of infancy, so too religious believers are happier than atheists, as most polls suggest. But a more essential question is, who wants the happiness of being naive? If the price of being a fully conscious human is direct confrontation with existentialism's unsolvable challenges, then that is a price worth paying for being completely awake to reality.

 

rephrase "being completely awake to reality", there is no such thing.

 

i agree with the rest though, spot on :P

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It is also worth noting that since correlation is not causality, the poll presented in this thread cannot prove what it purports to test. Even if a strong correlation is found between being happy and being religious, that does not prove that being religious makes people happy, since being happy may instead dispose people to being religious, given that tragedies often make people lose their faith. Also, since being naive or unintelligent can profoundly dull the capacity for critical perception, the same obtuseness which makes people deliriously happy in a world full of existential misfortune may also allow them to accept uncritically the dubious assertions of religious dogma.

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