Why would anyone be religious?

[King]

Self-confidence. I'm not religious as I don't consider myself to be very important and worth it the universe's time to provide for me for eternity.  People who are religious really believe they should be rewarded for 80 years of sleeping, eating, sh**tting, and whatever minor nonsense they do in between.

[King]

Religion is like a casino. Once you win, you repeat the same strategy to win again and losing streak bets are never repeated.

Jmfcst once won 10000 on the Jesus line and he's gonna stick to that and if he loses his shirt its because he made a mistake in applying the system (or the casino is cheating).  At the same time, Dibble learned from a young age that the highest odds are on the colors and he's going to double down on his losses because there's a 48 percent chance of recovery. 

No use convincing them that the house always wins.

[King]

Religion is like a casino. Once you win, you repeat the same strategy to win again and losing streak bets are never repeated.

Jmfcst once won 10000 on the Jesus line and he's gonna stick to that and if he loses his shirt its because he made a mistake in applying the system (or the casino is cheating).  At the same time, Dibble learned from a young age that the highest odds are on the colors and he's going to double down on his losses because there's a 48 percent chance of recovery. 

No use convincing them that the house always wins.

Out of curiosity, who exactly is the house in this situation?

Something vague that only the Buddhists understand.