Are The Religious More Moral And Happy?

Are the religious more moral and happier than atheists?  Following are several links in support of the claim that the answer is "No."

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0115-zuckerman-secular-parenting-20150115-story.html

http://www.livescience.com/47799-morality-religion-political-beliefs.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/religious-more-moral-atheists_n_5822492.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/why-religion-is-natural-and-science-is-not/201203/are-religious-people-more-moral-atheists

http://www.debate.org/opinions/are-atheists-more-moral-than-christians

http://www.debate.org/opinions/are-religious-individuals-happier-and-more-moral-than-the-nonreligious

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/23/it-s-official-religion-doesn-t-make-you-more-moral.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_morality

http://religiondispatches.org/are-atheists-more-moral-than-the-religious/

http://www.alternet.org/belief/10-myths-many-religious-people-hold-about-atheists-debunked

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In closing, Bill Donahue recently shilled his book on the EWTN (Conservative Catholic TV network)  http://www.amazon.com/The-Catholic-Advantage-Happiness-Faithful/dp/0804185824.

I was stunned by the hateful tone, ignorance and bigotry, but, it WAS Bill.  Bill ranted against us infidels being less happy and healthy than the religious (read Catholic), SMH.  Hemant Menta put him in his place here:  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/03/03/a-few-of-the-problems-with-bill-donohues-new-book-the-catholic-advantage/

Following are a few more links to real information, based on facts, to counter the claim that atheism necessarily leads to lower quality of life:

http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/04/are-religious-people-happier-atheists

http://atheism.about.com/od/Atheist-Agnostic-Belief-Survey/fl/Atheists-Happiness-Satisfaction-Survey.htm

http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=893