Monday, August 13, 2018

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, ALCOHOLICS, AND CHRISTIANS





The writer George Bernard Shaw had famously stated:

·       The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

However, the drunkard will not remain happy for very long, and he will soon find that he has been paying a heavy price for his “happy” escape. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case for convinced faithful Christians. They have no need of a detox; nor are they found sleeping in the street covered with urine and feces.

Former atheist, Patrick Glynn, claimed that the benefits of Christian living were apparent over a very wide spectrum of measures including happy marriages:

·       A 1978 study found that church attendance predicted marital satisfaction better than any other single variable. Couples in long-lasting marriages who were surveyed in another study listed religion as one of the most important “prescriptions” of a happy marriage. (God: The Evidence, 64)

This could hardly be said for most alcoholics.

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