here, turn off your brain and read about a MAGIC MAN AND HIS MAGIC DADDY!

magic this, miracle that etc etc

Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the largest religions on earth and do not have deities as part of their core doctrine. Meanwhile there's no shortage of irreligious people who still believe in metaphysical hocus pocus.

then evil outweighs good on the broad scale. On the other hand, at the individual level, good can obviously outweigh evil. But then there’s the issue of complicity.

Over thousands of years it has been used as evil. Much like we are seeing today but on a much more terrible scale

That is why our Country was founded on Freedom Of Religion.

Right now many are trying their best to impose their beliefs on us all. The man reason people are rejecting it as they study Science. Many of the fables are just not believable in the light of facts.

So, it can be used for good or for evil, depending on the human worshiping it.

Religion is indifferent in that regard. Humans will be humans.

Religion brought us music and good teaching.
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I'm pretty sure music came into being on its own. Teaching myth as fact is not good teaching.

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Why do people who believe in stuff they can't validate call realists bigots?

When women are taught they should be subservient to men while otherwise intelligent and well educated women go along with and promote that garbage, you start to understand why teaching myth is a pretty bad idea.

As such it's inherently corruptible and lends itself well for nefarious purposes. Whatever good anyone can attribute to it would still exist without religion and arguably we'd be better off without so many skimming off the top.