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03/21/2008: "Abstract belief makes people happier"

People who believe in God are happier than agnostics or atheists, researchers claimed yesterday.

A report found that religious people were better able to cope with disappointments such as unemployment or divorce than non-believers.

The research, presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference, echoes academic studies that have found religion can improve people's sense of wellbeing.

[ It's not religion, per se: it's believing in something that doesn't directly benefit you and is a process of life in which you have a place. Originally, we called that Tradition. Religion is what we have left of it. ]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/18/nbelief118.xml