Religion = Better Self-Control
Researchers around the world have repeatedly found that devoutly religious people tend to do better in school, live longer, have more satisfying marriages and be generally happier. These results have been ascribed to the rules imposed on believers and to the social support they receive from fellow worshipers, but these external factors didn’t account for all the benefits ... "When you add it all up, it turns out there are remarkably consistent findings that religiosity correlates with higher self-control.”