HEAVEN KNOWS WE'RE MISERABLE NOW!
The primary cause of unhappiness in Britain is not lack of material wealth but a loss of faith in God and religion, a group of MPs claims. The authors of a new report argue that if values related to relationships, responsibility, trust, self-esteem and potential – all with their roots in the Judeo-Christian beliefs that once underpinned Western legislative philosophy – were to have greater emphasis in society, everyone’s wellbeing would improve. I rather agree. Seeking solace and meaning in the temporal rather than the eternal seems odd, to me. It's not often I find myself agreeing with politicians but I think that just for once, I will say amen to what this lot say. I do understand how easy, how tempting, it is to chase material wealth but some of the best adjusted and nicest people I have ever known lacked any material wealth but exuded a sense of spiritual contentment which I found inspiring.
David Vance
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Keeping up with the Smiths. I suppose a better inner life, from what ever source, would be beneficial.
"The primary cause of unhappiness in Britain is not lack of material wealth but A LOSS OF FAITH IN GOD AND RELIGION, a group of MPs"
A group of Christian MPs.
In other news, a group of barbers claimed that the primary cause of unhappiness was a bad haircut.
>>values related to relationships, responsibility, trust, self-esteem and potential – all with their roots in the Judeo-Christian beliefs<<
What? Do the Japanese - among countless others - really have no relationships, responsibility, trust, self-esteem or potential?
David: "I think that just for once, I will say amen to what this lot say."
Good one...