Same as the last post but with , sorry... (Score 1)

Religion is the result of the fusion of several social behaviours and which, according to me at least, is part of human evolution (as a social result not a biological feature). One of the more primitive social phenomenon still present in religion being magic, i.e. the imaginary explanation of reality.

One aspect of religion, that I think is both paramount and its primary function, is that it teaches the masses lessons without the people