What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy. It is to fit them for heaven." It certainly seems to unfit them for this world. Bertrand Russell.
For my part, I ask: what has Christianity to do with health as a people and wealth as a nation? Is this what we Filipinos are happy about in the Philippines as the only Christian country in Asia since the 16th century? Poch Suzara
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Poch, Bertrand Russell was wrong again. Let's look at the facts. Time and again, studies have shown, at least in the U.S., that the religious, especially the conservative evangelicals, are a lot happier than the irreligious. They give more per capita to charity. They volunteer more of their time. And they produce more children. Amorality or the lack of it, (I see no difference between the amoral and the immoral) may produce sensual pleasure for a little while. For example, secular people, atheists in particular, often talk as if their perspective on sex is freeing and liberating. They often say that the Christian view is repressive, rigid, and joy-denying. But it is exactly opposite. If you want to experience heartache, tears, loneliness, and frustration, follow the ways of the world.
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