Your argument is dominated by pragmatism, which often obfuscates what religion is all about.
Great communities are a consequence of the chosen lifestyle and morality of religious people. You could gather just as many atheists and the response wouldn't be the same.
EDIT: I'm not saying an atheist community would be WORSE than Christianity.
I'm saying it would be DIFFERENT from the Christian one.
Great communities are a consequence of the chosen lifestyle and morality of religious people. You could gather just as many atheists and the response wouldn't be the same.
EDIT: I'm not saying an atheist community would be WORSE than Christianity.
I'm saying it would be DIFFERENT from the Christian one.