Hegel,
I don't need the idea of a god, a creed, or assholes in funny hats asking me for money to remind me of my mortality or fragile existence in the face of nature. I also don't need to personify nature and worship it to make me feel better about reality. Religion is for feeble minded gullible cowards that don't have the guts to be responsible for their own humanity. Fuck 'em.
As far as the communal benefit; I prefer the environment in an episode of Cheers to the bullshit that goes on in churches.
I don't need the idea of a god, a creed, or assholes in funny hats asking me for money to remind me of my mortality or fragile existence in the face of nature. I also don't need to personify nature and worship it to make me feel better about reality. Religion is for feeble minded gullible cowards that don't have the guts to be responsible for their own humanity. Fuck 'em.
As far as the communal benefit; I prefer the environment in an episode of Cheers to the bullshit that goes on in churches.