Seeing as religion is another word for fairy tale perception is all there is. If I say my religion orders me to do "x" it does.
Name one theistic religion that truly promotes love and harmony in action? There are none.
Hmm, lets see, maybe Thomas Jefferson was atheist, and let's think again...wasn't Hitler a Catholic?
Einstein did not belive in God, he used the term as a metaphor for the laws of nature and was misquoted.