Recent Australian Study Published: New Age Religions breed unhappinessBy Chris Rizo at http://www.religionandspirituality.com
Replacing traditional religious beliefs with trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality may make people more anxious and depressed, a new study indicates.
An Australian survey of 21-year-olds in Brisbane suggests that the shift away from traditional and organized religious beliefs to New Age religions is not making young adults happier, The Australian reported.
The study by Dr. Rosemary Aird, a population health researcher at the University of Queensland, surveyed 3,705 people on their beliefs in God, higher powers other than God, as well as their church-going habits and other behaviors, the newspaper reported.
Aird said young adults who believed in a spiritual or higher power other than God were at greater risk of poorer mental health and deviant social behavior than those who rejected these beliefs.
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