I still don’t understand how religion works.
Might be because your brain doesn't have huge holes in it. I wouldn't worry.
In a nutshell. You convince someone an imaginary being is watching over you, you have to keep him happy, here are the rules, you give him money via me, and when you die you get rewards beyond your wildest imaginings. People are soooo gullible, this has been going on for millennia.