Assume (for the sake of argument): being religious is a genetic trait.
Those who are pious recieve the blessings of the Catholic church.
Those who refuse to believe are burned at the stake.
Therefore, being religious was an adaptation to the environment. Oops! None of this requires a God.
>>12
Unless you consider communism a religion, religion is not necessary to prevent social unrest (maybe in the past, but certainly not anymore).
>>34
Yes, America is very diverse. Your statements only prove that the distribution of American lifestyles has a very large standard deviation. RedCream is referring to the statistical average of all these lifestyles. The tree hugging hippie does not compensate for the family with 6 SUVs.
RedCream: where are you residing, Britain? You sometimes use the 1st person plural, and sometimes it sounds like you're in America.