Does religion have some sort of placebo effect?

dawgster

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I mean people say they feel Jesus Christ's presence and that he goes through their body and strengthens them etc. etc. and studies also show that religious people are less stressful.

And as a sane intelligent person I know there is no magical fairy, making everything happen, so why do people feel that way, and why are they less stressed? Is it a placebo effect? I mean if you are 100% sure that everything is already decided by some dude up in the sky, why worry? God has already planned it, there is nothing you can do wrong to change that, if he wanted you to live on the street and drink your own urine, it will happen eventually anyway.

Like when we were 15 and got our friend drunk on alcohol free beer, it's kind of the same scenario.
 
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