Religion is the classic example of a delusion that might be good for you. There is some evidence that being religious increases human happiness, or social cohesion. It’s universality in human culture suggests that it has adaptive value.
Nope. There is some evidence that christians in the USA are happier than atheists in the USA. But since that correlation doesn’t hold up in Europe I prefer to interprete it as: America is bad for atheists.
Religion is the classic example of a delusion that might be good for you. There is some evidence that being religious increases human happiness, or social cohesion. It’s universality in human culture suggests that it has adaptive value.
Nope. There is some evidence that christians in the USA are happier than atheists in the USA. But since that correlation doesn’t hold up in Europe I prefer to interprete it as: America is bad for atheists.