@Patches,
The world doesn't revolve around your neighborhood or even your country. Look around at the rest of the world. The billions, for example, spent on Catholic cathedrals while people are homeless and hungry, including many children. I
am looking on the positive side. I'm looking forward to the day that religions vanish and are replaced by more genuinely compassionate humanitarians. Fear of eternal damnation isn't getting us very far. Fear smothers compassion, it doesn't inspire it.