Kosher- and halal-certified products are a scam because they cost more without raising the quality of the product. And, there is no reason for it except that God said so.

Kosher- and halal-certified products are a scam because they cost more without raising the quality of the product. And, there is no reason for it except that God said so.

Long answer short, No!

Altered mental states, such as inebriation through the use of various substances, has long played a key role in religion.

As the late, great Christopher Hitchens put it, “Religion Poisons Everything.” The Earth shrinks in the eyes of the faithful – you may be relative newcomers like the Lhotshampa or residents older than the usurpers, like the Hindus of Pakistan or Parsis of Iran, or its just that you had a new idea, like the Baha'is or Ahmadis. Only a secular republic will recognize every single inhabitant as its own.