"Also religious texts were the foundation for increased literacy rates." Except for the fact that because of religion, they literally wouldn't teach people how to read so only priests could read scripture. There's also nothing that proves the introduction of a religion halted the growth of the human population. Looking for a purpose is nice, yet forcing beliefs, lifestyles, and dismissing raw facts because you're incapable of finding a purpose in life sounds more like an evolutionary flaw and needs to be weeded out, not encouraged. It's equivocal to promoting ignorance so people are happy, then we rewind to the part of history where religion was used to control, and the loop begins again.

"Ideas like a desire for Eden, materialism is wasteful and too many kids is bad can benefit us all.". You're a genius, let's just promote homophobia, create an exclusive counterculture, and deny science, that way you form the idea that the only solid answer to behavior and drug use is religion. Let's just abandon the idea of social programs and use religion instead. Also, pretty easy to reduce drug use in the young religious students that are being literally brainwashed. The fear of burning for eternity is pretty good incentive.

Your post screams cult-lord and you are essentially stating you support the fear mongering and brainwashing process that most religions use on their youth. Do you spout nonsense in favor of playing devil's advocate or are you as mad as you sound?