[nightcracker]

haylie, facts don't exist by default. You can only state rules that make something a fact or an opinion. What are yours?

P.S.: I'm not stating with this post in any way that I agree with anyone in this thread, please don't say that I do.

EDIT: To give my opinion on this thread, in my definition religion is what you believe to be true. If you believe 1 + 1 = 2 to be true than that is part of your religion. No man can live without religion.

To answer the question "Does a modern society need a mainstream religion (like christianity, islam, etc)?" my answer is no.

To finally answer the question "Does ANY society need a mainstream religion (like christianity, islam, etc)?" my answer is still no.

Just like "language is what language does", in my opinion for religion goes the same.

Religion is what religion does.