Do people still need faith in themselves? as much as they always have. Are tribes of "we are right and the rest of the world is wrong" people still annoying an

Do people still need faith in themselves? as much as they always have. Are tribes of "we are right and the rest of the world is wrong" people still annoying and dangerous? As much as they ever were. WE decided to call religion bad, then added the worst elements of it to politics and leisure and everything else in life. We don't go to church but we have to affirm our faith in "the current thing" to everyone we meet. Woe betide you if you've been out of touch and the current thing changed without your cognizance.