Well, I agree with you in that humans inevitable develop moral rules and codify these one way or another. Otherwise a society wouldn't be possible. Religions a

Well, I agree with you in that humans inevitable develop moral rules and codify these one way or another. Otherwise a society wouldn't be possible. Religions are one of the traditional ways of motivating these rules... Legal systems are supporting them on an enforcement level. I like religions as a very deep cultural phenomena/ideology having all kinds of effects on the, ehm, society. I just don't think religions are strictly necessary for a functioning society.