Does your Religion make you Happy?

[Ben Masada]

My religious beliefs make me happy. When I was a sinner, I was very unhappy with my self. Now that I am not a sinner, I am very happy with myself and very happy to have Jesus as my Savior from sin.

My daughter is very unhappy with herself and has tried to commit suicide a number of times. She has rejected the salvation of Jesus because she loves her sin.

My son is an atheist who attends church with his wife. He appears to be happy with his religious belief but then he has a good conscience and doesn't have a major problem with sin.

Nobody is perfect. Therefore, no one can say that he does not sin. Sin is the transgression of the Law. The only chance to be saved from sin is to observe the Law.

How can your son be an Atheist if he has religious beliefs? What do you mean to have a major problem with sin?

Ben

 

[UnTheist]

Ya .

 

[Scott C.]

Does Religion make you happy

Do religions make people Happy

God said to Job:

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
(Job 38: 4-7)

Where was Job when God laid the foundations of the earth? He was the same place where we all were. We were with God. Who were the morning stars that sang together and all the sons of God who shouted for joy? We were they. We shouted for joy that God had laid the foundations of the earth as a place for us to come and live and love and learn and grow.

God's plan gave us joy then, when God laid the foundations of the earth. When we learn of his plan in this life, we are once again filled with the same joy we had back then, when God laid the foundations of the earth.

So yes, the good tidings of the gospel bring me joy. It gives me joy to understand why I'm here, where I came from, and where I'm going after this life. It gives me joy to know that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son..."

 

[Sunstone]

How could it even be possible that watching Girls On Trampolines would not make me happy?