According to scientists there's something called the happiness advantage and it's real. They found that performance is 33% better when in a happy state than when in a neutral, negative or stressed state. They say you can literally train your mind in thirty days to naturally be in a happy state. And it's all things Christians do as part of the practice of their faith. Turns on all the learning centers of the mind.
So it makes perfect sense that religion has a functional advantage over no religion and has continued to exist, in overwhelming numbers, in every society since the beginning of man. Does it matter which religion one practices to achieve the happiness advantage? No. It's all about the process of placing the mind in a happy and thankful state.
Atheism on the other hand, especially the militant variety, offers no such advantage. The best they can ever hope for is to suffer without complaint.
So it makes perfect sense that religion has a functional advantage over no religion and has continued to exist, in overwhelming numbers, in every society since the beginning of man. Does it matter which religion one practices to achieve the happiness advantage? No. It's all about the process of placing the mind in a happy and thankful state.
Atheism on the other hand, especially the militant variety, offers no such advantage. The best they can ever hope for is to suffer without complaint.