{"id":6574,"date":"2015-08-17T10:17:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/?p=6574"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:17:41","slug":"father-jonathan-morris-on-study-that-finds-religion-is-the-key-to-long-term-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/2015\/08\/father-jonathan-morris-on-study-that-finds-religion-is-the-key-to-long-term-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Jonathan Morris on Study That Finds Religion is the Key to Long-term Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/121\/2013\/11\/FrJonathan-2-e1384802359476.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/121\/2013\/11\/FrJonathan-2-e1384802359476.jpeg\" alt=\"FrJonathan-2\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3842\"><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/newsAndMedia\/news\/archives\/2015\/08\/Church&amp;MentalHealth.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">study by researchers<\/a> at the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that religion is the key to happiness in the long term. It beat out volunteering, taking a class, and volunteering for a political organization.<\/p>\n<p>Father Jonathan Morris appeared on \u201cFox and Friends\u201d this weekend to discuss the study\u2019s findings. <\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=4424999895001&amp;w=466&amp;h=263\"><\/script><\/p><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video.foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study by researchers at the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that religion is the key to happiness in the long term. It beat out volunteering, taking a class, and volunteering for a political organization. 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