UK Government-Sponsored Study States: "Married People are Happier"
Captain Sensible writes: A report commissioned by the UK Government, and written by Paul Dolan, a professor of economics at Imperial College London, has concluded that married people are happier than singles!"It's shown that married people are happier -- so what does that mean for politics? Does it follow that we should be encouraging people to marry?" Dolan is quoted as asking in The Sunday Times newspaper today.
Prayer is listed too -- a surprising happiness ingredient for supposedly secular Britain.
So, happiness is achieved through marriage (oh, and having plenty of sex is mentioned!), through prayer, plus spending time chatting to neighbours is also a major contributing factor.
Hmm -- this reminds me of something. Now what could it be?
Love God, love your spouse, love your neighbour...
Got it!
It's the Bible.
(Note to self: Don't forget Tony Blair's invitation to Debbie Maken's talk!)
posted by Captain Sensible at 10:19 AM
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Thanks very much to Professor Dolan for sending me the entire report!
Some of the report's conclusions make very interesting reading.:
"Being alone appears to be worse for well-being than being part of a partnership. This emerges using both positive (happiness/life satisfaction) and negative measure of well-being. Regular sex was also associated with more positive well-being and since the effects were strongest when this was with the same partner, it seems that being in a caring relationship is important for well-being rather than simply being in a string of less close relationships. Although there is some variation across studies, it seems that being married is associated with the highest level of well-being."
"In general, stable and secure intimate relationships are beneficial for well-being...These effects are of considerable magnitude. Therefore, an argument can be made for greater assistance in encouraging individuals to develop the skills necessary to establish beneficial long lasting relationships."
So why is the church (the church! Let's just let that sink in for a minute!) insisting on affirming singleness and re-inventing it as a "gift", when it is neither biblical nor scientific, but rather a state which is detrimental to a person's entire well-being?
And by a "considerable magnitude" at that!
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