Religion as popular metaphysics

Religion, according to Schopenhauer, is like the god of death, Yama. Like him, he has two faces: a friendly and bright face, and a dark and gloomy face, a face of truth and a face of lies and deception. And the clergy, according to him, are a unique mixture of moral teachers and evil lies. He does not deny at all that religion, any religion, contains an abundance of useful truths. This is what giv...