Control is one way memes propagate. The meme need not be false to require a means of propagation. Yahweh could be real and the way to spread that knowledge might still benefit from appealing to the mechanism of control. You've mistaken a value added part of religion for a necessary one. Control isn't necessary, but it is useful.
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