Except, unlike belief in god, you have to eat food to live.
IRT personal benefit as a result of belief, I should have chosen my words more carefully. If someone gets satisfaction out of their faith that is fine. What I meant to say is that the other “sales pitch” of religion is that if you do believe in -insert religion here- you will be favoured by the sky wizard and be blessed in life.
The religions you listed are IMO not particularly damaging to anyone. If it hasn’t become clear yet my primary annoyance with religion is its impact on the lives of non-believers. The only reason gay marriage is not a universal thing yet is religion (and social stigma resultant of religion’s historical influence). I’d be interested to know how homosexuality is treated in the religions you have studied?
