I didn’t see any letters read out for Let’s Talk About, so I’ve sent it to Hafta. I would like to offer some of my thoughts on the LTA religion discussion. The question as to why religion exists has been answered in The Sapiens by Dr YNH. It’s the same answer as to why man is the master of planet earth: because of his ability to cooperate with millions or even billions of his kind. For millions of humans to cooperate, they need to believe in a common fiction, and religion forms the basis of that fiction. Dr YNH also defines religion as a belief system, and humans are indeed moving from older belief systems of Christianity, Islam, etc to newer belief systems of Democracy, Feminism, Human rights, Capitalism, Nationalism. Also, Anand is right that atheists do feel a deep void in their lives. I personally feel as though I have lost the crutches that I leaned on ever since I’ve become an atheist. I can no longer look up at the sky and ask God to solve my problems.
Dr AK
