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Spiral Architect, et al... What I'm looking for is a more plausible explanation for the mass appeal/need for religion/sprirtuality/etc. Objectivism does a fine job of revealing the contradictions and harmful aspects of religion, but sidesteps the cause of the addiction. By focusing on the illogic of a particular definition of God, and labelling all people of faith irrational (stupid), something more fundamental (and I suspect necessary) to the nature of humans is being misdiagnosed. It's like a doctor perscribing, "Just say no", to addicts, and then calling them an idiots for going through withdrawal. This is perhaps a digression from this topic, but I think there's a linkage worth exploring between the Law of Identity and the reason for God; if not here, then perhaps as another topic? Something along the lines of, "What is the identity of object of our natural desire to be reverent?" I suspect it's something fundamental and necessary to the nature of our identity as a sentient/sapient species, and I suspect it plays a positive role in promoting our evolution; a survival mechanism, or an intellectual immune system? Any thoughts you might have on this will be appreciated, however if this line of inquiry is too irrational for an Objectivist to respond to, I'll respectfully withdraw to the sidelines.