I'm not religious, but from the perspective of someone who has to share a planet with these people, I actually think you're probably right. Religions can make people act crazy too, but a moderate mainline belief system would probably help them figure out which is the ass and which is the elbow. I mean, what are they looking for? (God) And what are they finding? (Void) And what are they trying to compensate with? ("debugging" themselves like they're meat machines) -- it's a nihilism spiral where nothing is true and everything is possible, and so there's no ground to stand on. They need ground to stand on -- so they can figure out who they really are is NOT who they are when they break their brains in two.