Atheist Sam Harris: Why We Should Ditch Religion | CNN

It's interesting to think of what the world would be like without religion. Would the world be better if everyone was an atheist? It's hard to say, some people are very irrational, and would not behave anymore rationally if religion didn't exist. Religion is created by people, if all religions were wiped out, new ones would almost instantly replace them. The religious want to feel like they have the answers to the big questions, and they do get this through religion. Some people don't care about the truth, and care only about feeling good. Such people would not behave better without religion, they would probably behave worse. I firmly believe that atheism is not right for everyone (I know, it's demeaning, but some people need that imaginary friend to keep them in line). I've people that used to be well-behaved people that became atheists (were Christians before), and did not behave as well as before (and often became more depressed, etc.). Some people by nature are not good people, and atheism does not help (like how a rotten kid will behave like a saint around Christmas, because Santa is "watching").