>>508491192
I'm an atheist. It's pretty obvious there's no God in the way religions present it. Does that mean I think religion is back and should be abolished? Fuck no! There are a ridiculous number of stupid people on this planet. Billions of them are below average IQ. Billions are little more than mindless beasts. They're selfish, ignorant, aggressive, short term thinkers, controlled by their base urges, and society would collapse if they were in power. But they're still human and still useful. Instilling into them virtues, and proper ways to act is fantastic. Of course, they need the fear of an ever-present, invisible authority to monitor them with threat of everlasting hellfire damnation for not following the rules. And it was a great idea. They stop breeding like rabbits, stop robbing and killing their neighbors, minimize drug use, act proper and civil towards each other, create a family with a single person and look after their offspring, etc. Society was genuinely way better when everyone was pretending religion is real rather than the degeneracy that's come from atheism becoming the norm.