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Alright cool, lets assume religion is ALL about control, all the religious people are being controlled by "religious" people in power. Without the existence of the god (or a similar omnipotent being) how are they going to control the people? Its always about so called god's will and providence.
There is no way any sort of control is going to stay if the inexistence of god is irrefutably proven. Saying religion not being about god is comical at best.
You're describing religion as a theoretical concept, but unfortunately it is part of our reality with all the inconvenient facts you're choosing to ignore.
It is able to survive because gullible or often evil parents and vile predators in the form priests, imams and rabbis continue to peddle various versions of this bullshit to unfortunate children thus sustaining the wicked concept. God has nothing to do with it since it has never presented itself to humans so saying organized religion cannot be sustained without God is nonsense at best.
If god exists or doesnt, the control is there and has been. You cant prove a negative so irrefutable proof of nonexistence of anything isnt going to work. I'm sure you've heard of the teapot orbiting past saturn? It's highly unlikely to exist, but cant be proven to not exist.
The non existence of a tri omni God at least has been proven, it doesn't affect people because 'faith'.