@cee-dee wrote:

If truth be known, religion is really a comfort zone or a "place" of refuge in times of a need felt by an "embattled" populace.


A lot of truth in that.

The majority of praying to(whichever) god takes place when people are troubled.

 

My MIL, a devout catholic, always said she would never have got through her extremely hard life without her faith in God.

In reality it was her own strong will and character got her through.