And I thought about those worshipers. How does having God in their lives change those lives?
Robert Putnam has written a book about how religion is shaping our lives ("our" being American because that's what I am). Here's a review of it by Michael Gerson in the New Republic.
Gerson writes:
Putnam asserts, "religious Americans are nicer, happier and better citizens." They are more generous with their time and money, not only in giving to religious causes but to secular ones. They join more voluntary associations, attend more public meetings, even let people cut in line in front of them more readily. Religious Americans are three to four times more socially engaged than the unaffiliated. Ned Flanders is a better neighbor.
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