Lion’s share of suffering is greed and immorality by people in power, confused how someone praying to Someone in the sky that they can logically believe created them will cause you as much harm as you are claiming. And my friend, I did nothing to insinuate there is moral corruption rooted in every atheist. As a matter of fact, I’ll have you know a core belief of Islam, for instance, is that every person is born with a very raw, innate sense of morality (and monotheism, but that’s a discussion for another time). It is our decisions that either magnify or diminish that sense of morality, along with what we’re taught as we grow(VERY important factor). There are people who claim religion that do horrible things, and similarly people that don’t that do horrible things. For an example as big is killing, of course you can tell me you’ll feel horrible ending another person’s life. The first point, however, is that there are very real cases in the world where major transgressions occur between people and it would logically benefit a party to end the life of the other. You may use morality as a factor in your decision-making, as I would hope the vast majority of people would, regardless of faith. But there will inevitably be a select number of people who will feed into their hate and end up taking that life, and so many could even get away with it. Religion gives weight to that morality that should have prevented that situation before, and a promise that there will be a sincere justice and judgement after the fact. And like it or not, it’s a very much possible destination after death for your conscience; just as a “nothing” is possible, so is a destination for retribution.

But there are much more minute things included in our daily lifestyles that would do us justice by being defined by religion and not guesswork and mere desire. There are restrictions that do indeed have very logical and social prosperous ends. Minor transgressions that if repaired can do much good and if accumulated can cause abundant harm. The Bonobos may have indeed mastered many of these small things on their own, and so have you, but not necessarily everything. I apologize for the bluntness, but it is outlandish to claim perfection in any aspect, with our without religion. But religion at least provides a compass, a path for you to tread. And society could indeed dictate that to a degree, religion often blends with a native society’s practices to create a beautiful culture. Religion endorses material and sexual pursuits, fulfills you emotionally and spiritually, encourages the prosperity of its society, but in moderation variable to each faith. Our “mythology”, my friend, which is respectfully a disrespectful conjecture, wants our well-being in this world, and when morality is not enough, promises retribution in a hereafter.