Quote Originally Posted by Ousted
Because religion fuels the ego. It makes man feel important, and as nomadherbman said its the idea of being significant that turns us onto religion. Religions (all religions) teach people that they MATTER, that the choices they make MATTER, whether they live or die MATTERS...to someone, somewhere. All religions have that in common. Religion will never ever go away as long as man has an ego to feed.
that is all true, except not ALL religions, Buddhism has nothing to do with ego. Also early shinto.

I guess religion comes down to ego, fear of death, and a want to believe the universe has justice for everybody in the end (IE heaven and hell).