@Cousin_Isobel @Flick Religion's role was to hold the society together (read give small consolation and prevent rebellions by teaching people the virtues of owning nothing and being happy) after the society was slaughtered by expropriation and industrial slave-olution.
I think ACTUALLY genderism does something similar. While it's real purpose is an attack on women (just like christianity was an attack on rebels) it gives the hope of "salvation" in the form of transition and the feeling of living in a blessed (progressive) time.