Religion IMO is what makes us contemplate it; (end times)
The earth has withstood frozen times, placidic age to hotter than shit times, Killer flying insects to so called dinasours..& before man truly does threaten earth...she will scratch us away like a knat on a dog's dick.

The well to do since the days of Aristotle have philosophy, which results today in idealism aka liberalism, conservatism, communism, socialism and any other ism...

The commoners are given religion: a belief in something- Allah, Yahweh, Krishna, Budha, Elvis,

There was a wise man who once said: Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Now that IMO is the diggety-dog-truth.