Why religion is appealing (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Sunday, December 12, 2010, 14:03 (5072 days ago) @ David Turell

A new study finds that making friends in congregations is the major factor:
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> http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-reveals-secret-ingredient-religion-people.html-Without a doubt. -In a more practical manner, though I'm only 31, I've often found myself asking the question of, "Who will take care of me when my wife and (future) kids are gone?" The typical social structure in America is such that, if you are religion-less, you are going to have a tough time solving these issues, as they're historically done by your friends in the congregation; I witnessed it when I was a kid, and the power of mere association by congregation is an important tribal kind of thing. I don't know how to solve that problem individually, or as religion in America continues to mirror Europe, as a society. There's a social compulsion in the congregation, that I do not know how to otherwise recreate. -That last sentence is spoken, because as an adult--I've never met so many people that are atheists/agnostics. There's something unique about my generation that seems quite willing to "give up the ghost," as it were.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"