I made this ironic remark flippantly, but in all seriousness, regardless of one's personal opinion on religion, it has provided social structures and convention

I made this ironic remark flippantly, but in all seriousness, regardless of one's personal opinion on religion, it has provided social structures and conventions that secular society has struggled to duplicate. Case in point, the Pope made the statement last year that loneliness and isolation are one of the greatest challenges facing society today. Even as an atheist, I agree with him - for example, this article about basement dweller type men (you know who you are): https://hazlitt.net/longreads/legion-lonely https://hazlitt.net/longreads/legion-lonely. Point being, once upon a time, places of worship provided community that has begun to fade. Certainly government continues to look to places of worship as a partner in solving hunger and homelessness, both of which are problems that neither the religious nor secular worlds seem able to fully combat.