There is no doubt that Bertrand Russell was a great man and a great logician, however consider his thought and its effects and then compare them to the thought and effects of Sigmund Freud.

Both men were staunch atheists, but Freud understood that in myth, man finds a way of understanding himself. Man is not just a rational being, man's desires, his irrational side enables both good and bad valuations.

Especially like the last sentence. I will try and keep that in mind for the future.

What gets me is how psychiatry hasn't stepped up to prove religion is a myth, but they can tell you your crazy for following a horoscope or believing in ghosts. What a bunch of ass holes!

Truth is obvious, but sometimes we can and do avoid it when what is true is also uncomfortable. The strong face reality and find ways to make peace with it.