Its not revenge, its just the natural result of the most efficient way of ordering a society / civilization. Civilization is usually synonymous with monogamous pair coupling i.e. marriage - marriage was the cultural technology that unlocked and actualized beta male labour. Instead of competing among themselves for a mate, they are guaranteed a mate in exchange for their labour being re-directed in a productive manner.
Religion was the most direct means of keeping a civilization functional by imposing moral standards that benefit the monogamous pair coupling, and punish any behavior which deviates from that and would damage society as a whole (sex before marriage, promiscuity, women having a say over men, etc).
Religion and culture often tend to blur, but the most successful civilization on earth has been the Western Christian culture. That is all at an end now, and we get to see what strange new society takes its place. It will probably be one of polyamory, civil disobedience and mass entertainment to distract the beta males from their woes.