As George Carlin said, religion is the biggest scam.
“I spent 15 years designing software products and businesses: reducing friction in onboarding, creating viral loops, building new features to increase retention, designing for improved network effects…The more I did it, the more transparent the tactics that religions have used to grow became to me. “
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/religion-as-software-business