I’ve lived in areas where religion is prevalent. Plenty of unhappy people who feel trapped in religion due to peer pressure, but there are also plenty of people

I’ve lived in areas where religion is prevalent. Plenty of unhappy people who feel trapped in religion due to peer pressure, but there are also plenty of people who seem to benefit greatly from the sense of belonging, structure, and order that their religion provides. The primary benefits seem to be the sense of belonging, support, purpose, and convenient explanations that difficult circumstances in their lives have a higher meaning. It’s not for me, probably not for a lot of people in this comment section, but it’s clear to me from my experience that a lot of people do derive significant benefit from their religion. If you can’t understand why that might be the case for other people, you might be projecting too much of your own personality and circumstances on to others.