Interesting stuff I read while studying Psych

Because we cannot discover God's throne in the sky with a radio telescope..people assume that such ideas are "not true".... Modern man may assert that he can dispense with them, and he may bolster his opinion by insisting that there is no scientific evidence of their truth. But...why should we bother about evidence? Even if we did not know by reason our need for salt in our food, we should nonetheless profit from its use.... Why, then, should we deprive ourselves of views that would prove helpful in crises and would give a meaning to our existence?... Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place for himself in the universe.

(Jung, 1964, pp. 87-88)