Random thoughts...

I don't know fam, what do YOU choose to BELIEVE? @amir_bahram

Sadly when need Religion for those who can't deal with their own problems mental or otherwise they need a "higher power" I just see the Churches as corporations that want my money and expect me to "sing" along while they indoctrinate your children.

@gabriel_true You can have a belief and not have it be a religion. Religion is believing what is told to you and a belief is believing in the universe or simply not being told what to believe

@amir_bahram doubtful, people are inherently bad. We need to consume other things to survive and need resources. When people have some form of power(a sharp stick, a mob, etc.) they take an excess of resources for themselves. Religion often gave people some order to curb their inherently greedy impulses. All the evil done in religion's name is people acting out their natural barbaric nature. So without religion it would happen. It's like colonialism or nuclear weapons. Someone was gonna do it. It doesn't make the people who didn't do it more noble they just didn't get to it first.

Religion is also the largest cause for war. Some have been at war for 100's of years cuz of differing view points. I have nothing against those who are religious just don't ever blindly believe in something.