Again (I feel like I'm repeating myself), I didn't say that purpose requires religion. I didn't say that social cohesion requires religion. I didn't say that ri

Again (I feel like I'm repeating myself), I didn't say that purpose requires religion. I didn't say that social cohesion requires religion. I didn't say that ritual requires religion. I said that human beings requires those things, and that religion is effective at fulfilling those requirements. I explicitly made the point that something else could be fulfilling those needs better than religion can. However, I do not think that that thing is science - at least not in its current form.