Re: Religion DOES Do More Good Than Harm
In psychology, many studies have shown that personality traits explains a good portion of the religion variable in statistical studies attempting to measure happiness. The correlation between religion and happiness also often much less clear in societies that are not overly religious or have no 'majority' belief (from some studies I just checked).
So we could probably venture a guess that the correlation between religion and happiness is at least in part caused by having personality traits that make you 'fit' in the leading belief around you. (Or that happy people fit in for that matter).
Its not a strong conclusion yet, but when I read the studies and thought about it, I found it to be an extremely interesting one. It also fits well with other psychology theories, so its not something I just drag out from some survey studies.
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