I tend to be very critical of religion. At the same time there is room for intuition and irrationality and that can even take the form of religion sometimes. I like rationality and its many fruits, and I like science, but I don't like scientism.
I like Nassim Taleb, a Christian philosopher, although he probably won't get along with most evangelical Christians. I like what he has to say sometimes about religion, especially the link that he makes with religion and the benefits it has in limiting the intervention bias and its iatrogenics. There is also the benefits of fasting. See his book Antifragile.
Of course these things can be divorced from religion. You needn't be religious or a believer to fast. You needn't see doctors for small matters and you can do this without having to go to church instead. Perhaps I'm not as tolerant of religion as Nassim Taleb is.
