In America especially we find that god had himself born of flesh as his own son so that you could accept and love him in order to avoid punishment because of a rule that god himself had made. If this is not done we find that this loving god will burn you forever. You must also respect his mother who is in heaven with him, and if you need something pray to her and she will do special pleading to him on your behalf. Believers of different faiths have modified versions of how this all works.

In the UK we do not have, what you call in the US, separation of church and state, so that most state schools in the UK, are affiliated to a religion. And for many years religious education was the only compulsory subject on the school corriculum, we are now, compared with the US at least, an almost secular society, with little or no active church attendance for most people.

Apparently it takes more than just a little exposure.

Religion is a fraud. It's a fairy tale for fearful, ignorant people to explain their own mortality.

Most of it doesn't add up when you delve into it. Many, many more bad things about religion than good, especially with the Abrahamic religions.