The lower parts of society need religion to live their lives.
Those in the upper echelon of society are (necessarily) the most intelligent, the most successful, the happiest, the most free to live their lives. These people do not need religion to give their lives meaning like the dregs of society do.
I really have nothing against those individuals who believe in God if it gives their lives some sort of (false) meaning. Just don't try and tell me these people are of the same worthiness to society as the rest of us.
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"For thousands of years humans were oppressed - as some of us still are - by the notion that the universe is a marionette whose strings are pulled by a god or gods, unseen and inscrutable." - Carl Sagan
Freedom consonant with responsibility.
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