Kng fu panda 3 . <| sep |> 1 . Why does anything about others ' beliefs matter to you ? Because even here in Australia , such people are running the country and teaching children based on lies . I would prefer to have as little untrue belief floating around as possible . And no , I obviously can ' t reach into someone ' s head and compel them not to believe . But many are so intellectually dishonest , and others e . g . Hillsong fleece plenty of people of their $$. Religious people own huge chains like the Marriott , and there are religious charities like Anglicare . Many of these donate some proportion of their earnings to religion . I don ' t want my money going to an institution that is responsible for mass brainwashing and the church in general numerous crimes against humanity . I also care because the Bible , Gita and Quran are used to justify a tremendous amount of misogyny , oppression of women and child abuse . 2 . Are those things you think that matter not just distractions or delusions you thought up so you can justify your existence ? Sorry , I ' m not sure what you mean here . 3 . Are people not just using religion the same way you are using thing like happiness and justice to justify life ? Some are . I don ' t care much if people are religious but also decent people . If it makes them feel better , then they ' re going to believe it . But I care when powerful people use gods to brainwash and exploit the populace . 4 . If you lived in a hellhole , would you not prefer to justify the suffering and injustice you faced your whole life ? Well . yes , but that doesn ' t make it true . People can justify their suffering in many different ways . If I spend $ 4000 on gambling and alcohol every day , but I insist that the Devil made me do it , that doesn ' t mean the Devil exists . The problem is that people make truth claims rather than acknowledging their religion doesn ' t make senseis wishful thinking .