Stage 3 is where God usually ‘dies’, but Comte believed God’s ‘death’ should not be the death of religion too. He recognised the cohesive function and moral values religion provided society, and feared that total death of religion would create unwanted side effects. According to Comte, to be a true sociologist you must not study society for the sake of understanding, you must study to understand and create solutions that will better society. Based on this principle, Comte created a new religion, the religion of humanity.