I believe in god, but organized religion is tyrannical. It is just another system of control. People should control themselves. They should also rule themselves. Around where I live, I will see lots of small towns full of shacks and low income earning small homes. The same town will have a gorgeous stone church however. I have to wonder if those poor people would have been better off without the organized religion. The Catholic Church is no different. Look at the assets it owns. Hell, the Vatican is a separate country. Is it any wonder why the major religions of the world still support royalty and monarchs too? It disgusts me. You'd think as a species that we would have evolved past these things. We have not though.