Is children’s joy connected to spiritual uprightness and obeying God’s laws?

[jennifer_bloom]

Not all children are happy, but a notable percentage of young toddlers are extremely happy, as well as early childhood students.

I believe one possible reason so many children are more joyful than adults, is that children might be more upright when they are young.

The bible says babies are born spiritually upright, but once we reach adulthood, less than one in two thousand are upright.

A lot of children might be happier than adults because they are better at obeying the 10 commandments than adults: they obey the rule against adultery, the rule against harming others, the rules against competition and vanity and bullying etc…

[DonaldDarko]

Definitely. Whether you attribute it to a god of some kind or just common sense. That behavior will give you a much better chance at happiness. This is why religious people want to get close to god the source of all life. It's the kind of behavior that puts you in the warmth of the sun and fresh air in your lungs good food good habits. That's what breaths life into you. Walking away from that into all kinds of stupid behavior tears you down. Drug use alcohol abuse, backwards thinking jealousy, greed, selfishness. All the things most every religion condemns weakens and corrodes you.

[sawno]

Not at all.

"Hey kid, wanna go to church or wanna go play xbox?" What do you think they would pick?

Kids also like to be mischievous and find all the church related stuff boring. And last I checked kids don't do well with strict christian parents. They do much better with the fun more lenient parent.

[_Jenny_]

@jennifer_bloom Yes it’s important to have a relationship with GOD

[AngryCarl3]

Not in the slightest. I never knew a single kid who gave a damn about God's laws, or anyone else's laws for that matter. Until they get caught lol.

[Thongwarrior79]

Not necessarily