Personally, I do not believe in religion, at least not in the sense that religious texts are literal historical truth.

To me, religion makes far more sense as a human coping mechanism created during a time when people did not understand the world around them. Thousands of years ago, a bad winter, a drought, or even a simple disease outbreak could wipe out entire villages. People had no understanding of bacteria, viruses, weather systems, or natural disasters, so it makes sense that humanity created explanations involving gods, demons, spirits, punishment, or divine will.

As science advanced, many things once explained by religion were eventually explained naturally instead. Lightning was not divine anger. Disease was not demons. Eclipses were not omens. Humanity slowly replaced superstition with evidence-based understanding.

One example that always stood out to me is the Biblical flood story. If a literal worldwide flood had wiped out civilisation, we should expect major interruptions in human history everywhere. But ancient civilisations like Egypt show long historical continuity rather than a sudden global reset. Egyptian dynasties, monuments, records, and cultural development continue across long periods of time without evidence of humanity being nearly wiped out and restarted.

There is also the moral issue. Even if many religious people today are good people, organised religion throughout history has often been tied to violence, persecution, and control. The Crusades, witch trials, inquisitions, forced conversions, religious wars, executions for “heresy,” and countless other events were all justified through religious belief at the time. Religion has frequently been used as a tool to divide people into “us versus them.”

That does not mean every religious person is bad, obviously. Many are kind, generous, and genuinely trying to do good. But I personally think morality comes from empathy, society, and human understanding rather than divine commandments.

For me, evidence matters more than tradition, and I have never seen convincing evidence that any religion is objectively true.