Religion is pointless. Whether it was useful in the past is history. Lots of different religions believe in different Gods and neither sides will consider the other being true. Instead of people living their life the way THEY want to, they get dictated by religion and it is their parents, or their upbringing that has forced them in to the religion. Most people that follow religion do so because they didn't have a choice when they were too young to know what it is all about.
That is one big reason why I hate religion because parents and the-like FORCE their children to follow the reiigion that they follow!
The funniest part is when these same brainwashed children claim that being religious was their choice, like they ever had any.