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Straying away from the typical one answer, linear bravado of some of the previous posters, I personally believe religion is an extension of the human psyche to eliminate the fear that the mind will eventually die and cease to exist and that an eternal afterlife is what's waiting for the mind after it's "death." It's also a means for the mind to explain all the things science has yet to figure out.
Really, religion is everything the mind needs to create a fabricated sanctuary for itself while living in complete denial.
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I think it's a bit more complex than that. I'm a Marxist, so I always tend to analyze things as a working element within a
society... Religion definitely was a tool used to herd people in the past (and still is). I think it has a lot to do with those who used it as a tool pretending to have knowledge other people don't have, and making that difference in knowledge clear enough for everyone.
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That' being said, I'm not an atheist per say. I'm more of a realist.
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Excuse me, but what the hell does that mean? How is an atheist not based on reality?