Reply To: Is belief toxic for your brain?

[_Robert_]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Please cite the studies. They may show that ritualistic habits like repetitive prayers or mantras have a calming effect on the brain. I accept that mediation certainly does and is probably more effective than prayer. Neither prayer nor meditation is “belief”. I do not agree that belief is good for your brain. Belief without evidence or based upon confirmation bias is bad for your brain because it is based upon a lack of critical thinking which is a survival tool when used properly. Many people with mental illness need proper science based treatments. Many are already delusional so how can convincing them that a supernatural Creator of the Universe is watching their every move help? Surely it is only adding in another type of delusion?

The mentally ill need to be prayed over to cast away the demons Reg….