"Harold Koenig MD wrote a book about the beneficial effect of religious faith (any of the major religions). They live healthier and longer. They're less likely to abuse tobacco, alcohol, other drugs. Less likely to divorce. Less likely to commit suicide. Modern people tend to go to public schools which teach them to scorn religion. There is a lot of wisdom in the old traditions."

"The Blue Zones by Dan Beuttner also describes how the populations that are the healthiest in the world are all religious. Look at the longest lived persons in the world, the Seventh Day Adventist Vegans in California. They are quite religious."

"Religion helps a person to answer the metaphysical questions; adds meaning and purpose to life; makes people happier. Eg. in Chrisianity, an illiterate peasant is equal to a King before the eyes of God. In atheistic Darwinism (the default setting of American universities & many countries), an illiterate peasant is just a talking primate, with no intrinsic rights, and not much different than a farm animal who is owned by his secular ruler. That is how it has been in most countries since the beginning or recorded history."