You speak much truth here. First, about R religion, as I have written: "...religion as a human and all-too-often patriarchal and mansplaining power structure, and these departures from true spirituality have given rise to atheism.

Religions have been designed to be believed and thus construct God as a deliverer of human wants if we do as we are told, which God is not. So people either blindly believe in God because the lie of what God is is believable, or reject God because the God defined by religions cannot co-exist with the reality that most people do not get what they want, or are not actually happy, and a world full of seemingly senseless tragedy and really bad things happening to good people."

Re past lives, this is my 17,043rd life, which sounds like a lot to people but I understand it is not close to vast. I have no specific memories of any of them. I have not undergone a regression hypnosis, but I do speak to my spirit guides and my highest power with the assistance of a reputable channeler with whom I have worked for years, and some facts of some lives my guides have volunteered to me, and some I have asked about based upon emotional reactions I have experienced in this life that didn't make sense with the facts of this life, which corresponds directly with what you have written here.

If anyone is interested in reading more about my experiences with all this jazz, https://medium.com/grab-a-slice/i-am-avessel-with-17-042-previous-life-cycles-of-amassed-empathy-46df1b45261a

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/life-is-school-for-the-soul-9b081dbe8453