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I don't think it's 'intelligent' to be anti-religious. Numerous studies have shown that religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher lev

I don't think it's 'intelligent' to be anti-religious. Numerous studies have shown that religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. I'm not saying it's for everybody, or that everybody should follow one flavor of religion. But it's definitely wrong to look down upon those who choose to be religious, as there are several advantages (in the here and now). Here's a Harvard paper and another, for good measure. The internet is chock full of papers like these. https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2016/The-Mental-Health-Benefits-of-Religion-Spiritual https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2016/The-Menta... https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40219 https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40219

Shorel 7y ago
> Numerous studies have shown that religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. It's at least a bit of the tragedy of the commons. Religious people feel and live better but make others feel worse and have more stressful lives. Of course this is a very subjective opinion, but I have witnessed enough examples where this is true.