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I don't want to "vote the church away" so stop trying to stuff my argument with straw. I recognize that religion is not the root of humanities current problem, but it is a dead branch that needs to be safely pruned before it falls on someone. I've already pointed out that all the good things you get from religious faith can be found elsewhere, and the problems inherent with giving credence, any credence to that faith, so why cling to it? because right now the only answer you people have come up with is: "It makes me feel good" and that's not good enough. That's not good enough by a longshot.
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Religion has fallen on people over and over and still continues to flourish. It caters to a human need that philosophy cannot fulfill for a lot of people. Its the fanatics that can infest a health forest.
My mother is Catholic. She's been Catholic all her life. She believes very much in gay rights and disagrees with the Vatican so much she goes to an Anglican church now, but at night she still prays to saints, still has her rosaries, she was glued to the tv when John Paul II died, in practice she's very much still Catholic. And there's nothing that would change that. My atheist uncle has tried very hard, believe you me, but it won't ever change her mind. Hell his wife has to live with him never shutting up about how stupid she is for it but she still goes to church. I once had a boyfriend who believes that humans will evolve and be able to insert our minds into computers and live forever, I thought it was the stupidest thing I ever heard and I told him so but hey, I still loved him. There's a good, honest debate that can be done and should be done, don't get me wrong, I hate it when people don't think critically about their religion, but after a point it becomes so divisive and futile, when its a harmless notion there's no reason to be pushy, you just got to live with it.