"If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that
it represents a human desire for wrongdoers to be punished. I hate the
idea of Idi Amin
living in Saudi Arabia for the last 25 years of his life. That galls me
to no end. I feel some sort of need for biblical atonement, or justice,
or something. I like to believe there is some comeuppance, that karma
kicks in at some point, even if it takes years or decades to happen. My
girlfriend says this great thing that’s become my philosophy as well. 'I
want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a
hell." - Vince Gilligan, creator of "Breaking Bad"
Perhaps one of the best arguments for what religion really is. At some
point, it is no longer about whether there is really a heaven or hell,
but whether humans need to believe in it. And I use the word "need",
because as this argument says, maybe it really is borne out of desire.
