so you're saying me and 99% of the current population of the world needs "religion"
but then you don't?
ok, I'll play along
what is your definition of "religion" again?
all I can guess at this point is that it's something that the 1% made up to control the other 99%
you're in the 1% who doesn't need it so I'm probably wrong
please help me understand
Scroll up and read a bit. Maybe not 1% maybe 10% who knows? But my point is that: belief in a higher power (belief in god) combined with doctrine i.e. the belief of punishment in the afterlife is what holds much of society together. If it was ever proved beyond a shadow of a doubt God does not exist and we are nothing more than animals who will never be held accountable for our actions in our life, we would see society collapse.
The idea that it's not wrong or you won't have to pay for it unless you get caught would be a reality. Just look at what happened in NO during Katrina? What prevented everyone from shooting each other indiscriminately?
We have a very animalistic barbaric side to us as a species and i think it's religion that holds most of it together. Now maybe not for you and i. I for one, have core morals that exists regardless of whether or not there is a god. But i have seen first hand a pastor, go completely immoral when he believed God had abandoned him.