religion does a bad job replacing biology, geology, astronomy,
physics etc
religion does a bad job replacing laws, ethics committees,
politicians etc
religion does a bad job explaining what happens when we die or where
we came from
religion does a pretty good job replacing, or in addition to, psychiatry, psychology etc
is that fair to say
I really want to place a china teapot orbiting between earth and mars
however that size china items cannot sustain an elliptical orbit with a clear neighborhood.
the matter and density is too low and so is the gravitational coefficient
ergo Jesus is the solid rock on which I stand