A Thought Experiment for Believers and Atheists Alike

[Puke Skywalker]

A few people would form cults, and some people would join them. None would ever become as widespread as religion ever became. ThE major religions were invented and literally held sacred because they professed to have answers to some big questions. Many of those questions have since been solved, and what passes for religion today is not actually held sacred by any intelligent person (i.e. the Bible cannot possibly be taken literally, and you would end up an idiot and a criminal if you tried). All that's left is a desire for community, and religion provided that too. So there would be a handful of silly cults.