Can religion be positive

[Chad32]

If you cherry pick the most positive parts, and take a very liberal view with the rest, you can do positive things. christians know how to gain money, and sometimes they give it to charity. However, I'm certain that these are just good people that happen to be religious, and good people tend to do good things. You could give to charity without religion. I read Bill Gates give more to charity than anyone else, and he's an atheist.

Can religion be positive? Only if you ignore a lot of it, including the very important commandment to put your religion before your fellow people. More often than not, religion holds people back instead of empowering them.