This is especially for audiobook listeners of Holy Health: How Church Makes Your Healthier and Happier, who were unable to see the graphics because of the audio format. Featured below are charts depicting churchgoing’s impact on longevity, physical health, mental health, marriage and family, education, substance abuse, suicide, and more. Also included is an example of sophisticated engineering in nature, pointing to strong evidence of an Intelligent Creator.
To view an animation of the above molecular machine, click here. (It begins 30 seconds into the video.)
Also see brain scans depicting the difference in thickness of the cerebral cortex between religious and non-religious persons, by clicking on this link. (We were unable to display the graphic for copyright reasons.) It is a composite of 103 study participants. On the left are four scans of a person to whom religion is not important; on the right are scans of a person to whom it is very important. The red areas indicate reduced cortical thickness, associated with higher risk of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. Source: “Neuroanatomical Correlates of Religiosity and Spirituality: A Study in Adults at High and Low Familial Risk for Depression” JAMA Psychiatry, 2014.
