true... religion just helps. It gives you a framework that has been tested by millions over thousands of years.
But I do see it as a problem when the default is no-religion because too many don't find the agnostic way to recursive thinking and then drift off into nihilism.
I know plenty of non-religious people I couldnt count one nihilist amongst them.
Religion requires all kinds of additional burdens over and above setting some standardized life milestones, the cost is very high (submitting your mind to external control) for minimal return (knowing you met someone elses goals).
I don't mean to sound confrontational, but religion is (in my view) very damaging; it prevents people from asking questions about what is right, by prescribing what is right.
^All of this.
And this: