Thousands of years ago religion was seen as the only way necessary for life. Nowadays I believe it should be a personal choice for what you believe in. I believe in what I believe. I may have conflicting beliefs to my fellow Atheists but is there anything wrong with that? Do I have to be an atheist as well to get along with them? No. Being in a religion/belief in God/Not believing should be a personal decision, and as humans we should learn to have common ground with people for who they are, and not just because they believe in something you might not agree with. Respect is the big thing. We need to respect each others beliefs, whether you believe in God's creation of the world in 6 days, or if you believe in the Big Bang - it really doesn't matter. We can talk about our beliefs to other people, but not to press them on others. As long as you are happy with your life whether you believe in religion or not it really doesn't matter. Three famous nations have removed religion from their daily life, one of these nations existed for just a decade, the second one was able to survive for nearly a century but completely ruined the future of their people and the other is the the second-largest economy in the world but openly oppresses and censors its citizens and destroys all sense of freedom. If you haven't guessed which countries these are, here's another clue, two were communist and one was socialist. They are the Nazi Germany, Soviet Union and the PR's of China. Yes religion has it's weaknesses and disadvantages, but when atheism leads to these kind of nations and ideologies, maybe religion is the lesser of two evils. Now I am not trying to describe any religion as the perfection for all moral grounds. Obviously religion is very capable of being abused i.G. Hitler and Islamic Extremists. However these are extremes. In once society we find people oppressed and in another one we find them free beyond an ability for them to even comprehend self- discipline towards morals and self-respect.