Is religion a crutch?

[Angrboda]

What's the difference between a crutch and a healthy coping mechanism? A hobby and an obsession? It seems like you are simply saying that because the religious occupy themselves with the business of being religious, that this is somehow bad in and of itself. That doesn't seem to follow. A soccer mom who is involved in her kids' lives isn't criticized for needing "the crutch" of raising children. Where do you draw the line between otherwise innocuous behavior and a "crutch?"