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Because I am not a religious person I often try to understand what it is that draws people to have such an unwavering faith in something that, to me, seems so illogical. It seems that to many people religion is a crutch. They use thier belief in a "higher power" to justify the happenings in their lives when they cannot otherwise do so.
Can we live without religion/spirituality? I don't think so. I believe that there is such a thing as spirituality without religious belief (what?) For example, I don't believe in any particular religion, but I do believe that there is a higher power of some sort. I'm not saying there is a god, but that there is some type of "order" to the universe. Just as there are laws of physics there is a law to the universe, so to speak. It may not be understood, but that does not mean it does not exist. One has to have faith in something. Even if they believe that there is no one abiding force in the universe and they are the master of their own lives, they have to have "faith" in that belief.
Based on that I do not beleive that a nation could be civilized if populated by a majority of non-spiritual people.
Lastly, I whole-heartedly believe that religion can and is a hindrance to living a full life. Though, I would guess that the majority of religious people would argue that they are then rewarded elsewhere (in the afterlife, another life, or something else)
SO that's whatt I think. Hopefully that makes some sense to someone other than me.
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