Hmm. On the other hand
We all have to have quite a bit of faith in everything, pretty much every day, faith that what we can see, touch, taste ect is real, faith that the abstract concept of society will be enough to stop people from nicking your stuff and stabbing you (If you happen to subscribe to the Hobbe's "people are bloody awful" theory of human behavior that is)... I don't particuarly see religion, if followed correctly to be any more or less of a crutch than lack of faith, after all if you subscribe to the entire "afterlife" thing, you are going to have to exist forever knowing everything that you've done in this plane of existance, forever. That seems a bit intimidating to me, not realy a crutch to deal with reality. (By the way, not looking to pick a massive row or anything, just thinking out loud)
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Thu 19 Mar 2009, 19:14, Reply)