Is Religion a Boon to Our Well Being?

Ethencross: Is belief in god the ultimate act of distancing? Thike, religion tells us that the's a universal third person that we can look to when times are terrible. When we put our faith in a higher being, what we're kind of doing is placing our locus of attention outside of ourselves. There might be something inherently satisfying and calming,. i guess, about like the the removal of one's self fom the whirlpool of chatter in that way. Ethencross: I'm looking at the degree to which believing in religion and engaging in certain religious acts serves a distancing function.