While there are a few upsides to having religion in ones life, there are similarly a myriad of downsides to its overall impact in the world in general as well.

With religion as the single most efficient divider of humanity as a whole, the impetus for more wars and aggression of man against man in general and a control mechanism for most of humanity (sheeple just love to be lead and herded), I too always seek to get any and all "believers" to at least inspect what lies at the core of their belief in such implausible constructs rather than just continue to blindly swallow the Kool-Aid they've been consuming.

Thought, real honest thought, is always beneficial and thought regarding why one would choose to continue to embrace a principle that has caused more suffering throughout mans time here on the planet is well worth the effort.

I never expect my own thoughts and writings would ever convert any believers but if I can reach out and get them to at least think a bit about their beliefs and why they choose to hold them then success has occurred.

Something I've wondered is .... if science were to one day definitively answer the question of how the Earth and everything else came to exist, would that knowledge end religion? My thoughts are that no, it would not. The same mindset that allows for belief in such a fantastical and nonsensical construct as religion, without any verifiable proof of it in the 1st place, would seemingly allow for continued belief in it even in light of absolute proof to the contrary. With all religion as "faith based" as opposed to being based upon logic and reason, this seems like a given and the same believers that swallow the construct hook-line-and-sinker today without proof would all too likely continue to do so, even in light of actual proof to the contrary.

Knowledge is power and personal knowledge is personal power, yet giving over that personal power to the overriding control of religion and religious organizations seems more like folly than reason when no concrete proof to support it can be given, meaning one must subvert logic and simply "have faith" in it instead, even in light of its overall implausibility when viewed through the context of reason.

In light of this, it seems a worthwhile venture to attempt to get anyone to at least honestly access their views on the subject rather than just to continue to blindly accept it