I like the perspective Jacob Kovacs presents in his Freethought Today (December 2011) piece, "A Different approach to religious debate" Even when non-theists bring up the idea of the need for religion it is usually focused on the theistic side. We tend to be preoccupied with either pointing out that theists don't really need such supernatural nonsense, or when that fails we ridicule their apparent insistence on the crutch of religion.
I like that Kovacs turns it around. Showing clearly that we do not need religion. The fact that all our personal need can be met, are met by other sources does seem to be a more palatable and effective approach.
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