The Roots of Christianity Religion is an impulse to explain. A natural impulse that everyone has and everyone one grapples with. It's an impulse that, sadly and ironically, has been exploited to convince people to take actions that defy and demean that impulse. These exploiters are the ruling elite of nearly every society, in every era. It's not hard to understand the false sense of security and comfort of faith that religion provides. Religious faith, which is a set of rules, is a tool used by the people in power to keep other people powerless, and to compel them into serving the interests of the powerful. It