Assertion: atheist's religion | /r/HasProperty | mechanism
Facets:
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: for dealing with unpleasant emotions
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: If religion is essentially a mechanism for dealing with unpleasant emotions, it is most useful when life is most difficult, as in disease-ravaged poverty-stricken sub-Saharan Africa and least useful when the quality of life is good, as is true of godless Europe.