Not necessarily
But if it starts to affect your whole life, makes you waste time on silly weekly rituals and turns you into a self-righteous dick, then one could argue the effects are adverse.

This is, of course, a huge, sweeping generalisation, and the placebo effect can have peculiar and far-reaching benefits in the right contexts. You've got to draw the line carefully though.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:54, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Most people who believe in God aren't like that
Most just get on with it.
A lot don't even go to church.
Don't tar them all with the same brush as that prick next door to your folks.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:59, Reply)

Haha, yes, you can probably spot the chip on my shoulder from where you are
As you can probably guess, he's not the first one to have riled me.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 15:01, Reply)