I think the outermost comment made a great point that religion is basically a tool to manipulate people, to make them make irrational moves. After all, if you want people to move rationally, you make rational suggestions, otherwise even if people are doing the right thing, they&#x27;re doing it due to irrational reasons.<p>When people are made to do good things due to irrational reasons, they may be made to do bad things due to the same or similar reasons the next day. A religion can teach to love and it can teach to hate. Why not discard such a tool and let people make their own decisions with better reasoning other than fear&#x2F;love of God or wanting to have a better afterlife?