Well stop pushing against an open door then. Nobody to my knowledge has ever dismissed the comfort blanket aspect of having faith, nor indeed dismissed the metaphor as a moral compass.

The issue as ever has been trying to convince the rest of the population religion has something to offer the rest of the population. Whilstever people associate their religion with fantasy as reality, such as the rapture, virgins giving birth after a dude with wings visited her, resurrection, intelligent design of a type that is described, flying carpets, revelations etc, it is not enough to ignore the gullible ones, , the more rational members need to not be associated with fantasy as a lever for social design if they are ever going to retain credibility in the 21st century.

At this time, the church of England, possibly the least radical Christian cult and historically acceptable, is debating in their synod whether women can get top jobs and whether gay people should have the same rights as the rest of society. If I heard a reasonable argument it would stop me in my tracks, but with UK equality legislation, why should they have privilege above the law?

Despite Dumbfuckistan, at least your side of the pond, government is officially secular.