"fun that makes sense"

Religion is just like art in this way: It can be defined as anything that people do (or make) that's not directly related to survival.
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Wouldn't it be better if religion were helpful. Useful stuff like gardening, tilling, harvesting would be rituals. If that religious impulse in people could be used to create wealth and help people live instead of diverting resources into dead storage (icons, cathedrals, golden calves, etc.)