Faithful people are more joyful

I would love to quote this1 in full. The Register/i’s copyright does not permit that though, so I can only highly recommend you read this very short article. Hopefully this is not one of the ones that requires you have a subscription to reach. In short, in case it is, MTV conducted a survey of its demographic group. It found that “75% of survey participants said God or a higher power has some impact on their happiness”2 and that 80% of those who place religion or spirituality first in their life report being happy.3


  1. The National Catholic Register. “Adolescent Ardor” September 9-15, 2007 Issue. http://ncregister.com/site/article/3788 /
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.