What is religion ? This question bogs many people and also the question why religion ? I think religion is manifestation of faith. Now question is why we require faith ? We require faith for self hypnosis . Now the question is why we require self hypnosis ? To create a illusion of certainty, peace, connect, confidence and courage. Yes, to create this illusion, we need self hypnosis, we humans just cannot create this self hypnosis without religion. Infact religion helps us legitimise these illusions. And this the very reason why religion can be very dangerous as well. Since we hypnotise ourself with religion, positive as well as negative influences(of religion) gets imprinted on our mind. Hence it is very important for self and society to keep check of the religion. Release new versions of the religion. PS: Picture copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions