Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If God is within you, it is a canker, a cancerous infestation that knows no bounds - it contains until it consumes.

The procedure to remove involves just clear thinking, reason, and the ability to read books.

Boru

No, "God" for most believers is much more practical; it's more about community and job networking, emotional comforts, personal meaning, a useful aphrodisiac for some men, a mitigation against male infidelity for some women, emotional management of little children for some families, comfortable employment opportunities for others, etc.

P.S.  I would add an alternative to the intellectual laziness for still others.

You’re describing church, not God.

Boru