Religion is intellectually bankrupt. Science has dragged us from caves to the moon in several hundred years. Knowledge is obtained through reason. It is not found through the Torah, Bible or Koran, although there are some interesting stories. It is obtained through rational logical thought.
Reason is man's only means to survival.
This is the gangrenous morality of altruism. This morality has destroyed countless nations and lives. Sacrifice for the good of others should be as distasteful as murder or rape. I exist to serve no one. The United States is the world's oldest constitutional republic.