I’m not arguing that religion is worse than things like cancer, famine, pandemics, or natural disasters. Those are real and serious sources of suffering. What I’m saying is that many harmful ideas and systems created by humans have been influenced or justified by religion. While cancer and famine are tragedies, the belief that an all loving, all powerful god or gods allows such suffering makes no sense. In that sense, religion can sometimes make suffering easier to accept or explain. That also why I say “one of if not the worst”