I dunno if I NEED the concept of a god. I do know that the concept of a god is u

I dunno if I NEED the concept of a god. I do know that the concept of a god is useful to me – in a practical sense. And I know why that is so. But given that I know I am not exactly normal, or average, I don’t expect other people to either deny the utility of such a thing, or at least, to deny it to others. Nor do I expect that some portion of the population finds the concept of a god more than useful, but necessary. I only know that there is a difference between psychological utility to the individual, and the value of reinforcement in such shared utility between individuals, versus the projection of that utility as existential and useful between individuals who do not share that utility. And that all comforting fictions and fictionalisms that are merely useful devices are not sufficient, useful, or necessary for the organization of and resolution of differences between, individuals who neither need, nor can, make use of or even entertain those fictions and fictionalisms. We do not need systems of weights and measures, whether of physical things, verbal things, imaginary things, or emotional things because we agree on the sense, perception, value, and promise of those things. We need them because we not only don’t agree, but because we don’t equally sense, perceive, value, and predict the utility of such things in matters of cooperation, exchange, and conflict. As such, no individual’s perception and valuation hold meaning except as criteria for his or her choice of voluntary cooperation and exchange. Despite that such vanity, held by each individual, that his or her perception and valuation hold meaning, and that such meaning should and could be projected upon others with any degree of utility or reliability – instead of antagonism. And if there is a divine somewhere of some nature, then surely that vanity would be a sin of arrogance, pride, and ignorance.