Happiness is a fundamental human goal, but what does the Bible say about it?

By 2024-03-27T09:00:00

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The UK may be ranked twentieth out of 146 countries in the happiness stakes, but as Christians, our joy does not come from the subjective evaluation of our lives, but the objective truth of the gospel says Ann-Louise Graham.

The twentieth of March marked the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness and the publication of the World Happiness Report. Both of which were born out of a UN resolution, which states that happiness is a fundamental human goal.

Essentially the report asks participants to rate their lives on a scale from zero to ten, with 10 being their best life. However, given that there’s no universal definition of happiness coupled with the vagaries of subjective, mood based, surveys what are we to make of this report?

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