Originally Posted by joshgirls

Religion was a vital social tool when Man could not answer life's biggest questions. So its logical that religion was used as a source of power & a means to regulate behavior.
Today, science has answered the biggest questions, & God has been replaced by a variety of secular constructs that impose limits on peoples behavior.
Religion is more like a fossil then a product of evolution, as evidenced by the direct correlation between the ascention of knowledge & the decline of religion.