While I do see the reason to have a place to congregate, some houses of "worship" seem more to me a shrine to the worship of money. The best connections I ever feel with God are when I am on a lake or just out in the open, or a timberReligion is Man's attempt to reach God.
Jesus Christ is God's attempt to reach Man.
But, it's always bricks'n'mortar and Man that get in the way.