after reading all the posts, to me it looks like the people who are fighting religion mostly are saying that they don't want to be "damned to hell" if they are wrong.... AKA "If I'm wrong, at least I led a good life, but if I'm right, you're all fucked who didn't believe".....
Why can't people just understand that this big spinning rock that we are all on doesn't give a shit if we are on it or not... it has been spinning way before we ever got here, and will keep spinning way after we leave.
Life is a cycle..... we are born, we consume things, grow, etc.... when we die, we then go back into the ground and then the earth and "worms" will consume us.... making a perfect life cycle. We are not at the top of the food chain because there is no top.
and as far as having happiness without religion... I am very happy... have a great family... a beautiful wife, good job and some nice things. I am actually happier living my life not being scared of "pissing off God" I live my life as a good person and when it's my time to go, I will fall back into nothing-ness like I was in before I was ever born.
P.S. baaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh