I have began to write a novel with the same title as my thread title and have done a lot of research, but even though most of it is common sense. From history we learn that Christianity and all of its branches have been created for population control, greed, and personal gain. The original writers are the most genius con-artist ever to exist in history because it has gone from generation to generation. I am agnostic myself and do believe that there is some type of higher power, but I am a big believe in facts and evidence so until I see some than God does not exist.
I have talked to many religious fanatics and realize that they use religion as a security blanket. The worst part about religion is the fact that it was based on greed. If you look back in time through history the church has always been corrupted and at one point people paid what they called indulgences in other words you pay the church to forgive your sins and give you another chance to enter heaven. So many have died for and from religion when it is all created by corrupted men. Today several churches make tons of profit off of donations and several other "charity" funds they receive and on top of that but they don't have to pay taxes.
Religion has been molded through history into various forms. For example, people are judged by their religion and I have heard people try to prove themselves by saying the phrase "I swear to God" way to many times to the point that it has no meaning. Through history we have seen the church have an entire control over people and even today. So remember the next time you associate yourself to a religion, think about what that religion stands for and look through the history of it.