It's Simple (feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson)

To the common person, Religion is true

To the philosopher, Religion is false

To the politician, Religion is convenient

It’s simple:

Convince well-intentioned people to accept their lot in life

Regardless of the suffering they may endure

Why?

Because justice will be served in the *next* realm

This assurance can deter the pious among us from fighting for justice in the here and now

But in a universe with no afterlife -

No heaven or hell -

The oppressed never triumph;

Their oppressors never suffer

This life offers our only guarantee to win freedom and justice for all;

Our one shot to punish all that is evil and reward all that is good;

Our sole opportunity to extinguish the suffering humans endlessly inflict upon each other

This… is it