Using the NDB to get to the ILS is one good reason to use one. There does seem to be a fear factor with NDBs even though its just a dumb needle pointing at the beacon some folks feel uncomfortable with using one and the fixed card just makes this worse.
The biggest problem with them is the ability for it to point in the wrong direction, like at the nearest Cb which will totally mess up your approach. Additionally, its quite often the case that towards the end of the outbound part of the procedure it will loose the signal and point anywhere but at the beacon which happens with CIT.
The question is should you be flying in IMC if you cant cope with an NDB? Radar approaches are indeed very easy but a 2mile SRA isn't much good with a very low ceiling.