People have different "needs", but I don't really think having faith in "god" is a "need" at all......as far as I can see, it is more about "giving".

Round this area, the church people do more for the community than anyone, always collecting for charity, giving their time to community projects etc...and never mentioning "god" or religion, but if pressed they will say quite openly that god plays a major part in
how they live their lives.