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I used to be a militant atheist like you, then I took a humbling to the mind. I get that there are numerous problems with religion in general, and with Christianity in particular (Jewish in origin, original sin, slave morality, and so on), and it's not as if it can be proven either empirically or rationally. However, I have taken a more pragmatic stance on religion in general, and again regarding Christianity in particular. I am not a conservative, but they do have a point when they bring light to how much society decays as soon as it abandons God. Why do people start to hate their own culture, hate children and ancestors, welcome invaders into their country, embrace absurdities like transgenderism, and so on as soon as they reject Jesus? I long since realized why he is so often depicted as a shepherd, as I have become increasingly convinced that the great mass of people are not fit to live life according to rationality, reason or principle, but rather according to faith, conformity and authority.

I'm not saying people should automatically just believe in religion without question, otherwise society will collapse. I am too much of an Enlightenment enjoyer for that. However, I cannot say that I am currently convinced that the world would benefit if everyone abandoned faith. This is pretty much what Nietzsche meant when he wrote about God being dead, and even people like Richard Dawkins appear to be coming around to this line of thinking.