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There are pluses to Religion, such as establishing a community, goodwill services, etc, but these can all be accomplished just as easily through secular mechanisms instead of religious ones.
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The only problem I see with this is the fact that if the things you stated were to be accomplished by secular institutions, such institutions would have to take the role of a god.
Part of what keeps a persons behavior in check is the thought that a God that seeks justice could be watching. If there is no metaphysical god then a government run by people just as falty as the common citizen has to keep watch and be in the citizens mind when someone wants to misbehave. I dont like the idea of such a merciless lack of privacy or the standards that faulty people deal out to meet justice in the name of their own authority.
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Faith is, in a nutshell, the largest hindrance we've had to peace and justice in this world. If we look at the different Religions, the ones we consider most moral are the ones most closely tied to secular rationality, not faith based rationality.
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I disagree. In a world that is just plain miserable for most folks historically and now, faith in a higher power has proven its self to be the biggest life saver for humanity.
When human stregnth and brain power has failed you will always find people huddled together with the common bond of faith.
When deaths hand draws near, for many faith is the one thing that eases the passage from life.
How ya doing, buddy?
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