Freud believed that religion would die out. “Religion is not permanent but is a counterpart to the neurosis that individual civilized men must pass through in their passage from childhood to maturity.” (H/R, p. 26) I believe Freud is wrong about religion becoming extinct if something religion has become greater. Look at all the countries in the Middle East and the wars going on. Most of the battles have to do with different religions. Christianity is growing in the United States. Religion has such an impact in the United States that politics cannot seem to avoid the topic of religion. Freud believed that religion was infantile and needed to comfort us basically like a father figure. While I believe religion is very comforting, I believe religion is more than that. Religion should be more about connecting with your god. Religion is necessary to answer prayers. When someone suffers they ask their God to help them and when they are helped it is considered an answered prayer. In my opinion religion is necessary to live a better life. If religion isn't there for us, then what is? Without an afterlife, then what do we live for? The idea of ​​no religion is depressing. Religion is there to pick us up and give us purpose