What is religion?

Y'know what religion is? A way for people to be hateful, racist assholes without having to own up to it. A way to steal and lie and kill and never be called on it. A way to rally folks to your horrific causes despite having little more in common than fearing the same fucking people. A way to make ignorance a virtue. A way to stand in the way of progress and peace and be called a saint. A way to claim impossible knowledge, uphold the status quo at any cost, and excuse the most monstrous and heinous of crimes, all the while pretending to be a person of love and compassion. Fuck you, and fuck off.