Religious fabulation is aimed at funding, upholding and/or reforming individual and social morality. It is a conversation that will never close because it always misses a basic component of theistic fabulation - the prophetic.
Theism lays out a set of values. Found in a story, it is more effective than lists of "dos" and "don'ts." Some look at such an external determination of values as destructive to human responsibility and autonomy. Other believe that it is a moral choice itself and it follows that one's ultimate values cannot be obtained from one's god.
Theism gives weight or "authority" to a set of values. Today, as in history, we see it also encourages violence towards "heretics."
Theism motivates moral behaviour. Less time dwelling on using fear as the motivating factor and more time on love would change the world affairs dramatically for the better.
Theism holds the fabric of culture together. It is particularly vivid in the forceful suppression of creedal and behavioural unorthodoxy throughout theism's history.
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