Why college students should study religion

Life in the Spiritual Realm From handcuffs to holding hands with my fellow church members I can personally say God has saved me from devastation. My first two years of high school was very unbiblical. My freshman and sophomore year I had little to no spiritual leader and influence in my life. I was running with the world. I was in love with what the world had to offer me. I soon became not only a victim but also a leader of what the world wanted me to lead. I was encouraging fellow students to do wrongs things and I was hosting parties and loads of sinful events. My senior year of high school is when it hit me, hearing the sirens and the police officer questioning me and trying to take me away really opened my eyes. After this disappointing event my parents started to keep somewhat of an eye on me and what I was doing at all times. My parents also started making me go to church. I can honestly say I hated church at first I was resentful and stubborn. After consistently going to church for months and months I felt different. I was no longer doing the wrong things the world was pulling on me to do. The single influence of the church helped me understand what was best for my life and my soul. I had my hiccups while attending church but overall I was light years ahead in life than where I had been for seventeen years.
My background proves that Spiritual and Religious events can help students and teenagers in trouble. The benefits to mental health include protection from depression and giving a sense of optimism. Nursing and Health Sciences Magazine says
Specifically religion/spirituality appears to confer a stable and moderate protective effect against depression, In terms of global burden of disease the
World Health Organization currently ranks depression as number four in the world and anticipates it moving to second place in the coming