judeo/christian values are the fundamentals on the creations of laws, without them we could have ended in a survival of the fittest society.. Anyway if we say that religions are a way to controll people then we are saying that a society based on compation and love is a "controlled scheme", and the people who actually created religion knew that violence and hate where the ways to go.
we have 2 possible truths: love/hate
if love is controll then hate is the truth
if hate is not the truth then love is the truth.
In my perspective, i find religions really wise if interpreted correctly, an example is:
The bible tells you to in an explicit way to be good" or you will suffer in hell, we can compare that teaching with what Budism talks about: Karma.
There's proof that you can transmit thoughts with telepathy, if we are concious, then why when we die don't our composition of thoughts and perceptions leave our bodies? just as telepathy tells us.
Religions tell you to live in the present to achieve eternal life: if your mind is in illusionary events of the past, how will your thoughts leave your dead body if they'r atached to and illution?