As Colson wrote, "The new scientific data [he was citing broader health studies than marriage alone] . . .shows clearly that if we ignore biblical principles, we end up living in ways that run against the grain of our being, and we pay a steep price in terms of stress, depression, family conflict, and even physical illness. Rather than being an arbitrary set of rules and restrictions that repress and distort our true nature, Christianity actually describes our true nature and shows us how to live in accord with it. And when we do, we enjoy the fruits of operating the way we were made to."
"Growing numbers of psychologists are finding religion, if not in their personal lives, at least in their data," reported the New York Times in Sept. 1991. "What was once, at best, an unfashionable topic in psychology has been born again as a respectable focus for scientific research." The data is showing that religion, far from being a mental illness, is actually beneficial to mental health, physical health, family strength, and social order.