Don't know about all religions but some began with clear use-cases. To retain (or even achieve) power over people. For example The Old Testament was written/com

Don't know about all religions but some began with clear use-cases. To retain (or even achieve) power over people. For example The Old Testament was written/compiled for this very reason[1]. 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=iS7rQwAACAAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=iS7rQwAACAAJ