As usual
A wealthy ruling class uses religion to control the masses
This has been a common thread far back since the Egyptians
The deities change every time to change the narrative up a bit
Its almost like its fake or something
The iran revolution didn't help things though
That’s the Edward Gibbon quote “All of the various religions which thrived in the Roman Empire were regarded by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the rulers as equally useful.” er sumthin.
Edward Gibbon didn’t live to see atheism used by the USSR(and other states) as a means of control, always to disastrous affect, but we all now know that’s also a viable route to totalitarianism.