@Everton - I am intrigued by this notion of yours that belief in spirituality / religion is the generator of all that is fun,and bright ,and exciting, and airy, and light in the world, - That life is a kind of whacky.zany, fun, all-action colour movie - and that if such belief was removed, the colour would leach from the screen and fade to black and white.
All the fun and joy in the world would be leached out of everyone, and this joyless zombie horde would shamble into politics, to enforce their will over others.
Rationally,do you really believe in such a scenario? Do you really believe that religion, with its stone age,tribal xenophobic foundations, its restrictive moral certitude and its finger -wagging do -goodery is the bringer of joy and light to the world? Does your spiritual / religious conviction really give you that warm, fuzzy feeling, of being superior to us poor deluded atheist saps, and that your instinctive,ingrained, faith based,non-evidenced belief somehow allows you to experience a fuller, richer version of reality? You see life in Dolby Surround Sound, 3D HiDef TruColour, us atheists are restricted to scratchy black and white silent movies, with an pipe organ wheezily providing the soundtrack? Arrant nonsense.
-ctd-