The Original Messages of Religion

[Anomalocaris]

Religion has become a perverted beast, unfortunately.

Quite so, but I believe we can still learn from it.

Perhaps, but many other things, like the Ebola virus, promise greater returns and less lasting collateral damage for the same amount of learning effort.

Both Ebola and religion kills lots of people, spread terror and fear, and purely incidentally inculcates a little about compassion. The difference is the fear Ebola spreads isn't a scam, and Ebola wasn't designed by an intelligent designer to cheat, deceive, kill, and take credit for all unintended consequences.