Status: draft
The point of religion and loose draw of conclusions
If you are to ask what is the point of religion you get a whole can of worms. Control society? A manual for human psychology? Idealist views of society and people? Suggestions? How to be happy/ How to have meaning?
You could even get more meta, look at all religions, which are the greatest, what are the aspects and teachings of each. Do you just synthesize and take the middle road? Do you fight out the contradictions to find which is “best” for people. Does it become a war of values?
To answer that, you’d need to know culture. Religion typically started in a smaller area and spreads to those willing to accept (Or be conquered) by the other values.. Perhaps we take Nassim Taleb’s view of the Rationality of beliefs.
Reference
Sapiens by Noah Yuval Harari Skin in the Game by Nicholas Nassim Taleb