Religion is a vestigial relic of early human behavior

[aitm]

meh,, i think not. Religion is a product of the understanding of fear.  Religion itself is not due to the fear of anything. Religion is a construct of individuals who were clever enough to invent a phobia that could be used to make them money/power/influence/ whatever over irrational frightened humans. Even today with all the knowledge we have, a severe thunderstorm will freak many people out, imagine how 10,000 years ago when fire was still considered a miracle how lightning would serials fuck you up, I mean scare the fucking bejesus out of you…and why not? You're a fucking naked piss ant in a forest of things trying to kill you and know you have crashing bolts of lighting flying about your head? Hell yea religion served a purpose, to qualm fear. It is the great abater. The is the biggest seller for religion, you cannot fight fear.