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[40k] Did the God Emperor hate religion from a moral standpoint or from a practical standpoint?

Basically did the Emperor try to stamp out religion for pragmatic reasons, like not letting it fuel Chaos, or was he a militant atheist/antitheist who believed Humans could become supreme through the power of SCIENCE! and knowledge?
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Practical, most likely. 

It's heavily implied in earlier texts that the Emperor was behind the rise of at least one major religion on Earth, and that the entire plan backfired catastrophically, dividing people rather than uniting them.

Science, on the other hand, brings people together, because there is, ultimately, only one answer. So, for his goal or unity, reason and the scientific principles are far better.