Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief

   It doesn't have to provide anything lately.  Too many people accept as "science" almost anything claiming to be.  I gave a recent example of mind reading.  Perhaps you are not paying attention to the news.  There are lots of things in politics that are a problem because people believe science has answers it does not.

   You perhaps need to get out more.  Your concept of "religion" is terribly distorted.  Do you think Trump followers are "religious"?  They are definitely not.  They just want to be rulers.  They'll take any excuse they can get away with.  Since they are incapable of science they'll take whatever they think they can get instead, like nationalism.  They don't actually try religion because they don't have any themselves.

   You have what religion "fails" to do wrong in the example of the birdhouse/lawn sprinkler/badminton court scenario.  It does not force any decision on anyone, that much is true.  That however is not a failing.  It doesn't try to force a decision on anyone.  People who believe in science do try to force decisions on others in the name of science, but without real science to support them.   You are still trying to be the "boss" (or a low ranking soldier for the boss) through science and still can't see how futile that is.  You had obvious difficulty understanding artistic (not literal) representations of a god.  In your latest reply you actually assumed people incapable of science can somehow manage it.  That isn't working, and you shouldn't be surprised.