Do you see any benefits to religious faith?

[Arkilogue]

See, this is the problem you're sidestepping:

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And the comic makes the same error of telephone game colloquialisms.

It's as if the definition of sprinting has degenerated to walking briskly and I'm saying "no, sprinting is actually running as fast as you can." And your saying "No, I sprinted home this morning and didn't even break a sweat or go over 4 mph."

The actual operative function of "faith" has been lost in the public mind, much to the advantage of The Church. Because revenue would drop sharply if people were encouraged to seek direct experience of God for themselves fasting in the wilderness like the original Christians. If you can get people stuck in belief, they will always depend on you to keep it propped up and slay doubts for them. Money money money.