I listed basic ones earlier:
- Meaning of life - A Religious person needs not wonder about his purpose or the meaning of life, he is already certain of what his purpose is. He doesn't need to worry about his purpose or place in life. According to psychology this is a huge benefit that has a big influence on person's general well being.
- Sense of community - A Religious person inside of a Religious community shares a deep connection with other believers and can interact with a wide variety of individuals by simply talking about their faith. Read: easier firendships, easier community interactions, easier meeting with members of opposite sex
- Traditional Values - More taditional belief in sanctity of marriage. Religious people more readily accept the idea that two married people should stay together for the rest of their lives. Religious people statisticaly divorce less than others and thus have more stable environments for their children's growth.
- Health - There are many documented cases where person’s beliefs and hope have been the reason or at least a supporting factor for their ability to fight a disease and become healthy again or to overcome obstacles and challenges relating to their health.
- Consolation -Many people have found help for loneliness and grief in religion. In fact many have been known to turn to religion after the loss of a partner or loved one. In times of sadness and loneliness the church congregation and religion can provide very deep consolations to a person, revitalising a person's their strength and resolve to move on.
- Psoitive life changes - Life Changing For some finding faith can be life changing. We’ve all heard of criminals that found God and turned their lives around to become a productive member in society.
- Safety - Religious people try to stick together and find safety in the congregation. They support each other deeply since they share similar deep beliefs.
Religion is a very personal choice. Each religion has their own belief system but each religion has its ties to a higher power or God. Many religions play a large role in helping humanity as a whole. Offering counseling services, providing food and shelter for the poor, helping people in what ever capacity they can.
You believe you are smarted than me OV?
Is that what it comes down to?
On what may I ask empirical evidence do you base this assumption?