Religion isn't evil. Maybe an evil Religion is evil.

I took Religious Studies in college (The Study of Religion, not a certain one) and a lot of people believe that Religion was created the same time Language was. Calling the Sky "Sky", became personalized and soon the Sky would be mad. Sky God.

Our brains (as of when I was 14) use 6-7%, people use different parts. Maybe Faith and Hope have their own place, which we could use as a vehicle to reach other parts (like ESP). If you visualize a Free Throw (in Basketball) before you shoot it, it raises the chance that you're gonna make it. I guess it's that positive imaging thing.