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You can make the argument both ways. Having religious faith can be a form of strength that gets you through hard times. Sometimes you have to believe in the impossible to keep moving forward. On the other hand, having delusional beliefs can also be a weakness that others can take advantage of as is the case with a lot of organized religion.
During this pandemic, only those who attend a weekly religious service are reporting an increase in mental health. All others are understandably decreasing during this difficult time.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/327311/americans-mental-health-...

I attend a weekly simracing event. That is, I race online with a group of now friends I have been interacting with since March.

I can say that our activity also has increased our mental health. I even feel better than previous years.

So may be it's more about human interaction and less about beliefs.

Seems to me like a lot of workarounds to write something he considered reasonable in a time when declaring oneself an atheist/agnostic meant political suicide.

Hey, we have not got out of that era! Every single politician has to be a public believer or he will lose office.