'Alain de Botton’s suggestion of a “temple to atheism” has received quite a bit of press coverage. It is just one of many suggestions that stem from his new book, Religion for Atheists, which looks at the question that has been asked on many a Sunday morning: why can't atheists take all the good bits of religion without the unfashionable sexual morality, the strict rules, the occasional intolerance and, most of all, the actual core beliefs?
De Botton looks at the many advantages that religion brings: the sense of community, the generosity, the architecture, the optimism and, least commented upon, the structure; and asks whether atheists can mimic all of this without mentioning the G-word.'
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