>Religion, in general, is about helping individuals become "better" people.

Humans don’t need a religion to become better.

Religions exist only to demand and collect money and to grow ever larger.

>this comes down to encouraging the development of attributes like love, compassion, empathy, hope, virtue, integrity, honesty, knowledge, patience, humility,

Religion has no monopoly in these attributes, and indeed isn’t the source of them either.