Religion is an expression of conspicuous leisure and of conspicuous consumption, an activity of social, but not economic, consequence, because a church building is an economic waste, an unproductive use of land and resources, and the clergy are people employed in unproductive work.
Religion is an expression of conspicuous leisure. An activity of social, but not economic, consequence, because a church building is an economic waste, an unproductive use of land and resources, and the clergy are people. This is of conspicuous consumption. These people are employed in unproductive work.