HUMAN DIGNITY
All such questions are highly misleading and confusing. In fact no one needs salvation but every one needs to act in pursuit of making this world a better place. Religion gives theists a sense of satisfaction and meaning to life. But the attainment of satisfaction and meaningful life needs a philosophical background where we can find the real sense of our actions. As a human being living on the planet Earth it's our bounden duty to act in a way that makes this earthly life more peaceful, prosperous and happy. Peace , prosperity and happiness come from a combination of knowledge and ignorance. Yes, ignorance has a great role to play as the realization of ignorance gives us an urge for pursuit of knowledge, that is not a mere bundle of informations but that is qualified by our intellect and our sense to see our neighborhood happy. This is made possible not by religion alone. Religion or no religion, if we have convictions for human values such realization is possible. Respect for human dignity is of paramount importance which binds our commitment to our physical and mental environment. You may be a follower of any religion, or you may be an atheist , but the more important question is how much you have convictions for human dignity. If u have this, it's immaterial to which religious group you belong to. Our basic duty is to protect and to make an environment suitable to protect human dignity and by this way make this place a better place.