"You just drew an incorrect conclusion from what I have said. The underlined does not make sense according to my OP. The only thing that makes sense is so obvious that it's not even worth mentioning, yet you keep bring it up (which is that people get positive mental effects from religious practicing). Why would I provide a bridge between your point A and B when the entire OP is based on my theory that there is no connection between the two?"
You've been associating A & B all along when there is no association. YOU are the one that establish the premise that people practice religion because they think it'll get them into heaven. I've been challenging that premise. I've been saying that people practice religion not because of fearing hell. YOU are the one saying people practice religion to avoid hell. When I asked you to explain your reasoning, you said it was the only thing that made sense.
"That is the point of my entire OP. Religious practicing does not please God and might as well be ignored."
Just because it doesn't increase your chances of getting into heaven, doesn't mean it doesn't please God. For example, going out of your way to teach a child how to read won't necessarily decide if you get into heaven, but it will surely be an act that God likes. Same goes for religious practicing (praying, worshipping, studying the bible). These things won't necessarily decide you chances of getting into heaven, but God certainly appreciates the act. And in a lot of cases, people enjoy doing it too. Because they enjoy pleasing God and/or they just enjoy doing the act. With this in mind, people don't practice religion to avoid Hell. They do it because they want to.
A TRUE Christian, Jew, Muslim practices religion because they want to, and NOT because they feel it's a necessity to get them into heaven. You seem to have religious people confused.
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