Which religion happiest

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We hope to see you as a part of our community soon! Which religion has the happiest members? Top Posters. Firelight Not An Ape. Thanks for your responses. Which seem to have the most unhappy or miserable? Any obvious reasons for the differences? Conscious thoughts Veteran Member. And people who belonged to "no religion" were the unhappiest, scoring just 7. The samples were collected over three years, between and For "feeling that what you do in life is worthwhile", the average was 7.

The main findings from the graphs showed that those aged between 65 and 79 tended to report the highest average levels of personal well-being. On average, ratings of life satisfaction and happiness were at their lowest for those aged between 45 and Well-being ratings fell amongst the oldest age groups those aged 75 and over - this fall was steepest for feelings that activities they do in life are worthwhile.

Those aged 90 and over reported higher life satisfaction and happiness compared with people in their middle years. Average anxiety ratings increased through early and middle years, peaking between 45 to 59 years, but then falling and remaining relatively unchanged for those aged 65 and over.

Not the first thing that comes to mind, right? Almost everyone thinks of religion as dead serious. I did, too, until I immersed myself in comedy and began to figure out how to laugh about this life.

And guess what? Laughter and happiness are downright addictive. You get a little, you like it, you gotta have more. Pretty soon, I wanted every night to be Monday night. For the first time, I diligently tried to seek and understand and explore what leads to lasting, true human happiness. But despite all that serious work, or maybe because of it, he was deeply and profoundly and delightfully joyful.

If a man become touched with the divine spark, even though he be an outcast and oppressed, he will be happy and his happiness cannot die. That made sense to me. The best comedians I knew had definitely been outcast and oppressed. Each of them had suffered deeply, and then found a way to transmute pain into glee, their comedy rising up out of their suffering the same way a lotus flower grows in a swamp.

Because it was for a purpose, a Divine cause, it was transmuted into love, into radiance, into joy:. I was happy that — praise be to God! Nobody who saw me imagined that I was in prison. They beheld me in the utmost joy, complete thankfulness and health, paying no attention to the prison. Tags: Spiritual Growth. David Langness writes and edits for BahaiTeachings. He and his wife Teresa live in the Sierra foothills in Northern California. The official website of the Baha'i Faith is: Bahai.

The official website of the Baha'is of the United States can be found here: Bahai. David Langness Mar 31,