Religion is a basic human necessity
I respect your views, greendawn, but if I may edit your words above...
Religion iswas a basic human necessity.
It now is hindering the progress this world so badly needs.
Religious dogma has affected policy on healthcare( stem-cell research), environmental protections( those who think the earth to be just a stopping-off place on the way to eternal bliss/damnation see little need to be serious about its care), and territorial conflicts( Palestine).
Great thought, Gopher.