Why religions are fiction, but vital

Religions aren’t necessarily fiction. Regardless of its validity, it is still vital to society.

Without a higher being, (or a figure of a higher being), no one will trust or obey anyone.

People always think that they have a monopoly of truth.

That’s just false. No one can be fully right or wrong. Hell, we, mortals, don’t even know what is right or wrong.

However, with a higher being, we would unanimously agree that we are all under him and that whatever he says, goes.

Without a god, we would never be able to form values.

The ancient Greeks thought that slavery is good because it allows the elites to have time to develop their craft and facilitate the progress of humanity.

However, the slaves don’t agree because they are the ones to work and suffer.

Now that there is a Christian God (or other manifestation of this “God”) in the west, we all are beneath him.

With this higher being, everyone under him is equal, because we are all sons and daughters of God. Therefore, we all are equal.

When this premise of equality is established, we all can agree that slavery is not acceptable, and thus should be abolished.