Interesting quote
The nuance is good reading, but for me it distills down to, religion is the bane of our existence. Religious differences not only dictate the ways we deal with the fear of death but also how we deal with other factors related to the human condition.
Imagine a world where we are not plagued with fear of death and how we mitigate that fear.
Of course there would be problems related to human sadness and pain, but without religion the problems become negotiable and most of the walls come down