Relijin: Wan Blesing long Laef Blong Yumi mo Ol Komuniti

Fet mo relijin oli ol impoten pat blong aedentiti blong yumi. Fet blong yumi, mo relijin, i afektem evri dei laef blong yumi. Plante long ol stadi blong ol difren Kristin grup blong relijin mo ol nara relijin oli faenem se ol man blong biliv oli moa helti mo oli luk olsem se oli kontribiut moa long ol komuniti blong olgeta. Ol risej we oli faenem we oli soem long ples ia oli ol eksampol long ol fulap wei we relijin i save mekem laef blong yumi kam gud moa:

Ol pipol we oli bilif long God:

Komuniti

• I luk olsem bae oli volontia moa,¹ givim long jareti,² mo joenem ol klab mo ol grup.³

Ol Rilesensip

• Gat wan gudfala “sosol rilesensip mo ol mared we i stap gud” mo tu ol sosol netwok we i gro bigwan.⁴

• I luk olsem bae oli maredmo bae oli no divos [mo olgeta] bae oli talemaot bigfala harem gud blong olgeta long man o woman blong olgeta.”⁵

Helt

• I gat abaot tetitri pesen bae oli … talem se oli hapi.”⁶

• I gat smol namba blong no stap hapi mo smol blong stap wari mo fraet.⁷

• Oli stap tugeta bitim seven yia bitim ol pipol we oli no man blong bilif long God.⁸

Ol Not

1. Luk long Arthur C. Brooks, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It (2008), 52.

2. Luk long Rodney Stark, America’s Blessings: How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists (2012), 4.

3. Luk Long Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone (2000), 66–67.

4. Tyler J. VanderWeele, “Does Religious Participation Contribute to Human Flourishing?” Big Questions Online, Jan. 14, 2017, bigquestionsonline.com.

5. Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4.

6. Brooks, Gross National Happiness, 48.

7. Luk Long Andrew Sims, Is Faith Delusion? Why Religion is Good For Your Health (2009), 220.

8. Luk Long Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4, 106–107, 111.