AKA invert my criticism on so called "religious" countries where the government is encouraging to the point of enforcement "religiosity" and invert it for China. Your argument just sort of enforced my case which was that for countries, the way the government treats its citizens are more influential on happiness (and even "religiosity") to pull any other correlation from the results.
Lets take the example you presented on happiness in furs v non-furs.
When you think of the sample set of this, what would you think if suddenly I started measuring how "Furry" each country is then put it on a chart correlating with happiness. You would say, well now we're adding another variable and grouping percentage of furriness by country instead of treating furries the same no matter where they live.
Likewise carving the happiness of religious individuals by blocking them off into the governments in which they live, muddies the waters as there are governmental variables to take into account that have little to do with religion (but as noted can affect perceived religiosity), and more to do with the whims of the powerful and the checks and balances upon them.
AKA invert my criticism on so called "religious" countries where the government is encouraging to the point of enforcement "religiosity" and invert it for China. Your argument just sort of enforced my case which was that for countries, the way the government treats its citizens are more influential on happiness (and even "religiosity") to pull any other correlation from the results.
Lets take the example you presented on happiness in furs v non-furs.
When you think of the sample set of this, what would you think if suddenly I started measuring how "Furry" each country is then put it on a chart correlating with happiness. You would say, well now we're adding another variable and grouping percentage of furriness by country instead of treating furries the same no matter where they live.
Likewise carving the happiness of religious individuals by blocking them off into the governments in which they live, muddies the waters as there are governmental variables to take into account that have little to do with religion (but as noted can affect perceived religiosity), and more to do with the whims of the powerful and the checks and balances upon them.