Happiness is an emotion that every human possesses. What I want to cover in this thread is the degree of happiness, perhaps one that would endure through good and bad times. I believe that the religious are more happy than the non-religious (or they can be, in theory) because of what they base their happiness on. In my view, the religious simply based a lot of their happiness on things or beliefs that don't fail or that are seen as enduring (e.g. eternal life, an omnipotent God or source, etc.). This is not to say that their belief is valid or that happiness proves anything beyond just happiness, but it does speak to their happiness being more than that of the nonreligious or at least having the ability to be.
But moving on from my personal view and debate it.
For Debate:
Are the religious and/or spiritual more happy than the non-religious?
But moving on from my personal view and debate it.
For Debate:
Are the religious and/or spiritual more happy than the non-religious?