The problem is that few people could take advantage of such solace unless they were brainwashed into it in the first place, at a very young age. There's not much point in taking non-believers, handing them a bible or a koran, and telling them how much better they'd feel if they signed up for it. They'd read the book and chuck it in the garbage.
Existing believers would be a different matter, and if you're saying that they'd be better staying with their religion, and not trying to persuade them it's actually a load of tripe, then I wouldn't have a problem with that, with one big proviso. I've always said that religion should be like sex, done in private between consenting adults, so there are the big problems of poisoning their children's minds and interfering in public policy, for example by trying to stop equal rights for minorities. If they stopped doing either of those things then can pray away and enjoy their solace. Of course they will not.
You'd be better off offering meditation or something like that which may offer some of the advantages of religion without the side-effects.
Existing believers would be a different matter, and if you're saying that they'd be better staying with their religion, and not trying to persuade them it's actually a load of tripe, then I wouldn't have a problem with that, with one big proviso. I've always said that religion should be like sex, done in private between consenting adults, so there are the big problems of poisoning their children's minds and interfering in public policy, for example by trying to stop equal rights for minorities. If they stopped doing either of those things then can pray away and enjoy their solace. Of course they will not.
You'd be better off offering meditation or something like that which may offer some of the advantages of religion without the side-effects.
