Religion is a force for keeping people in chains, dividing them from one another, engendering hatred and intolerance, feeding terrorism and stopping people from thinking for themselves, the latter as repeatedly proven here by anyone of faith who posts about religion or any matter that religion has decided is a "moral issue." It's also, in its Christian manifestation, expert in engendering antisemitism and covering up child sex abuse by its supposedly holiest members. So I'll let you tell me how it's been a "force for good." In your own time...