Religion was created to control the masses through fear of eternal damnation. Period.
well to that i can say this. Education was created to control the masses until they have the ability to control themselves properly. prison was created for those that cant learn to control themselves.
oh and to the religion doesnt ask questions. how do you think they were formed. religion was really just early science. most stories found within religions texts serve to explain something in nature or some behavior.
what it is is that back them there were no real ways to test hypotheses so ppl would just tell stories. if something was difficult to explain they would attribute that to some kind of higher being.
whose to say there isnt some kind of higher being out there. i dont kno and cant prove it either way.