Yes religion is a sign of mental illness contagious disease. Just look at Islam and the madness that grips its millions of adherents. They all think they have Allah to look forward to. Jehovah’s Witnesses have Jehovah.
Real one, who is anything but, thinks that he/she has Jesus to look forward to. Only Jesus? You are being short changed.
As The Roman Gladiator I have my Roman Gods and Goddesses to look forward to. Here are just few of them.
Ceres - the goddess of farming and the Earth.
Diana (mythology) - the goddess of the moon.
Fortuna - the goddess of luck.
Juno - the queen of the gods.
Jupiter - the king of the gods.
Pluto - god of hell (the underworld).
Venus (mythology) - goddess of love and beauty.
I thank my Gods every day that I live a life free of illusion and have so many Gods to protect me in the arena and receive my soul if they should fail to deliver me from the hands of sinners. I pray for deluded Christians and Muslims