Religion in the Modern Age

Hello, look forward to a debate. Hopefully you'll be able to understand my points. I'm sure it's not perfectly written. New at debating. Well, the way this statement is worded it's talking about religion in the modern age and if people in general need religion. Not if it is good or bad. Just, is it needed? Well, in the modern age, most religion is very good and harmless. Humans are naturally curious, they want to believe they have a higher purpose, they want to learn. Faith in a higher power has been around and will always be around. If somehow one religion was proven to be correct or all of them false I think it would lead to far more problems, and it may lead to mass hysteria and chaos. Humans need comfort. People stray away from suicide, harmful substances and alcoholism through religion, whether or not it exists, like the placebo effect. It helps because our brains are wired like that. Most pure scientific thinking leads to killing the unborn trying to rationalize it, or rationalizing genocide to help the population. I think religion is important for the same reason laws are important, they are needed because the human being is flawed. Most people are the same and we are share the same flaws and their are some that are much worse. Removing religion would not get rid of the problem. Why are people generally nicer around Christmas? It's because people try to fit in society. Churches helped people in Haiti before their own government. Churches have given more donations and money to poor and needy then any other non-profit organization. Is it because people who believe in god are more generous even if it's because they themselves want to go to heaven? It's still the case and what's bad about people donating money, nothing at all. Since atheists believe nothing, most are probably less likely to care about anyone but their own. I'm speaking in generalizations of course and don't mean to use this as an attack. But it all comes down to, humanity is flawed and religion is something humanity needs, even people that don't believe in a religion almost seem to revolve their whole life against hating god and people who have faith. I think without religion to complain about, they'd go insane. Most cases against religion bring up crusades or things in the far past, or the old testament. But that isn't the modern day and no one thinks like that. Most negatives cases are Muslim terrorists, which would still kill, even if religion did not exist. And hateful groups like the west Baptist church, are publicity machines that don't even follow their own religion and are doing it for attention purely, like PETA and their supposed animal rights group. I think most religious practices are harmless and religious people in general are more happy, and give more to their follow man. So bad apples aside, I think the human brain needs comfort and that's why religion will always be around, so whether it's good or bad, yes it's quite clear people need it. There thousands and thousands of them, if they weren't needed they'd of been gone and not practiced by more people than not. I also go one step further and say I think it does more good than bad in the modern age and getting rid of it would be impossible and would do more harm than good.