[jbenjoseph]

Israel has amongst the highest life expectancies in the world and without the similar healthcare costs of other countries.

[lucianbr]

Point being that religion is strictly a good thing, even when accounting for being more or less at war with other religious nuts for decades?

Guess if that's what the evidence says...

[maratc]

There's no point being made about what is a "good thing" or a "bad thing", since that depends on the values of the people making the judgment. The point being made here is that having a lot of (religious, family, community) obligations fills one's life with a certain sense of worth, importance, meaning, and fulfillment — and makes them self-report as being happy, when asked by researchers. No judgments about what's good or bad.

[invalidname]

Non-religious/secular are the largest demographic in Israel by far.