Who else thinks religion is an idea whose time has passed?

Question

Religions were created or evolved from the need to explain the unexplainable. For example - Thousands of years ago, if lightning struck, it was thought that the heavens were angry. If a woman couldn't get pregnant, it was because of the lords will. If it rained, snowed, the sun shined, the plants didn't grow, the river flooded, your hair fell out - it was all because of a greater power.
In 2007, science has clear explanations for 99.9% of everything on our planet. Since there really isn't any explantion or physical proof of a higher being, I can't see any reason to follow the laws of a faith. After all, those laws were written by humans with out a reason for the world around them.

Answer 1

As a hardcore atheist, I have to admit that there are advantages to being religious:

1.) save time by not having to think about big questions
2.) a sense of community
3.) faith helps healing
4.) you can live the life of a total bastard and then repent (The Get Out of Hell Free card)
5.) you can say comforting things when people tell that they have a terminal disease or have lost a loved one.

Just because religion has these benefits, however, doesn't mean that one should throw reason out the window and embrace supernatural hokem.

Answer 2

Has science an explanation for induction? Can science explain logic? And were not the laws of physics written by men as well? Perhaps you need to rethink your argument.

Answer 3

it has for me