#1. the thing about this matrix is there is a time limit. around 60 years to accumulate enough knowledge about how this Prison works to make the great escape. and extending the time is both pointless and unpleasant (dieting, exercising, giving up vices). after the timer runs out, its game over. your memories are wiped and you are recycled back into the matrix, making everything you did previously utterly pointless.
#2. you have a false idea about religions. hell is mentioned zero times in the quran and torah, hell is mentioned only once in the Christian bible, and the direct Hebrew translation is Sheol = "the grave". the idea of eternal punishment came from fiction writers like Dantes Inferno in the 14th century. and was originally based on Greek Mythology of Hades ruling over the underworld. the Norsemen had similar myths about Asgard and Mithgard.
#3. all 3 abrahamic religions are based on the same ideas. the Jews wrote the christian bible. and the Quran mentions Jesus Christ and Moses more times than Mohammad. the only difference is what name they call god. except that human nature eventually takes over and racism, prejudice, and xenophobia dominates the human psyche.
#4. Christopher Columbus, Nikola Tesla, and Issac Newton, all christians that directly stated that their belief in god is what pushed them to a higher calling. Did you know that the Big Bang Theory was proposed by Georges Lemaitre a Belgian priest astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven. Like it or not relegion has been the main driving force of western civilization up to the 19th century. whether we still need it now is a completely separate discussion, it has and will always be a powerful force that unites people together towards common goals. without it we are just savage brutes struggling in the wilderness.
