give one positive.

1. Strong community bonding, most people are social animals that like being associated with a group
2. Giving sense to charitable actions that they would otherwise not perform
3. A general sense of security and comfort

As I said I myself am not religious. It doesn't work for me. But to just flat out deny that religion has benefits to people is blatantly dismissive of the things that make a lot of people happy.

sorry but you centrist people can really go to absurd places just to be right…

If we are going to get down to namecalling here you go: You libs can really go to absurd places just to prove that pure logic and rationality will make us prosper.