You’re bang on that religion encompasses more than just faith. They’ve been around so long that those institutions carry within it culture, community, art, etc.

Since you’re on the fediverse I’ll use the analogy of Reddit. It had incredible communities, talented people, and wealth of knowledge, but it wasn’t on the right course so we left. Now we have to build all that up again. None of those things were intrinsic to Reddit, they were just collected under it’s roof.

So back to religion, recognise that generations of people of all talents lived under it’s roof and I think it’s perfectly reasonable to enjoy it’s art and philosophical teachings (when applicable). We live in a go-go-go world right now that doesn’t give people the time for reflection and introspective thinking, and religions often did. What you shouldn’t do, however, is assume that gods have any relevance today. They are nothing but superstitions used to explain a confusing world, and then harnessed to control populations. Religion itself deserves no respect.

I unfortunately can’t remember the video and I stopped watching after. The opening scene was him going on and on about maps and unfurling big maps dramatically for the camera. He got a bunch of facts wrong, people caller him out on it, he did sort of a non apology thing and then kept on being doing his thing. He’s basically a videographer who does “reporting” to fill his videos.

All MHBHD brought to the table early on was YT polish, back when tech channels were about the tech. He gave surface level reviews for a “The Verge” style audience. I think you could always do better than him or LTT, regardless of any controversies.