Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor:"You gotta thank the Lord"

Saintaholic said
Sometimes I feel as if religion is just a.) a way for our ancestors, our deep ancestors, on the other side of the globe, to explain the unexplainable, b.) an ironic attempt to bring order to the world, and c.) a way to comfort ourselves into thinking we're somehow important.

I think you're right, and if they would have stopped at "c", then religion wouldn't be viewed by outsiders in such a negative light.

Problem is, in the past few thousand years, they've added d.) make money e.) control people f.) cover-up atrocities, etc. etc.