We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees.
Notice how chimps don't have language? It's amazing that humans have so little humility when it comes to a trait that clearly has not been refined by evolution. Flight has existed for almost as long as life has and thus has very good adaption to specific situations. Anatomically modern humans are at least 100,000 years old while writing is at most 10,000 years old. A ten thousand year old trait is so insignificant in the history of life that it should be expected that people will communicate ideas poorly with that medium. So, take all religious texts for what they are - attempts by imperfect creatures to communicate concepts, sometimes more complex than they can accurately convey.
Interpret religion via how it affect real-world action. This is analogous to listening to foids vs. watching their actions. In practice, what does "believing in heaven" create in real world existence? Well, for one it grants perspective. It makes you consider past, present, AND future. Many interpret that future in a metaphysical sense, using terms like "heaven" or "reincarnation," which are vague and open to abusive interpretations. Still, that thought of considering a timeline makes the human animal gain a long term perspective. What one does with that perspective is dependent on the specific religion.
It appears to me that religions are basically divided into two major categories; those that focus on explaining as well as structuring present existence, while others offer mental contemplation of the future. Hinduism and Judaism both are well known for their rigid instructions on living day-to-day (caste, commandments). The religions that grew out them, Buddhism and Christianity respectively, are both more focused on mental "freedom."
The most incel of incels, the Untouchables of India, have a history of escaping the grips of their present physical reality via the teachings of the Buddha. Likewise, Christianity literally came about as a away for non-Romans to cope with the rigid and dominant Roman Empire. "You can enslave my body but my mind is free, for it is guided by my father, who is in heaven." Again with heaven being merely a placeholder for the future.
Islam appears to attempt to be another step in the above dialectic process. It offers a long term perspective based on success of one's jihad, but also has the Hadith which gives structure to daily living. Imo that structure is too steeped in Arab customs to have broad appeal in modern times.
The Chinese philosophies like Confucianism and Taoism appear to me to fall into the "structure" category, but I am not familiar enough with them to know that, just knowing the Chinese cultural attraction to stable systems like rigid family rules was probably influenced by similarly clearly defined philosophies.
Anyone who is silly enough to actually think any religion accurately details how manipulate physical reality are doing a disservice to the potential teachings those religions could convey. That is the case for most financed religious organizations, because keeping things at the metaphysical level of understanding facilitates their own power structure.
I personally join with many on this forum like
@NoCopeNoHope who see the future dominated by sex robots or some other technological innovation that limits foidian power. That more just world is what I interpret as the "Kingdom of Heaven" of Christian eschatology. That gives me cope to not be destructive to myself at least, and makes more palatable things that are valued by normie society, like wageslaving, depending on how much you think your work, whether directly or by taxes, is contributing to a better future. The blackpill guides my present.