Duncer, no doubt that still holds true for some - I'm sure it does - but the question goes beyond that.
Naomi, I'm sure you know by now that we're pretty much on the same page, but religion gave my mother great confort in her later years. I'd spent so much of my life disagreeing with her that I was quite prepared to sit back and watch her derive that small crumb of comfort from an organisation that she had, (in my opinion) given way too much time to in her better years.
Meanwhile, God is dead.