> I am less sure about the idea of assigning blame in general, especially as I am pretty convinced that free will does not exist. Of course it doesn't, but tha

> I am less sure about the idea of assigning blame in general, especially as I am pretty convinced that free will does not exist. Of course it doesn't, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't incentivize or disincentivize certain behaviours by assigning blame to the correct source of the behaviour. I case of religion it makes sense to assign blame to religion instead of treating people as cruel, since the way to remove the source of suffering is through removing religion itself, not the cruelty of the person (since the cruelty is likely not present).