[Power Cosmic]

I agree completely. Religion is a load of bollocks, and I view anyone who honestly truely thinks it's true with the same "smile, nod and back away" I would if someone said they just saw the nyan cat soaring overhead propelled by ass-rainbow.

I think it's psychology more than anything else. *shrugs* I honestly don't know...it's the same reason people are conservative, lack of basic rationality really.

There's nothing about any religion that makes their books anything more than (particularly distasteful) fiction, apart from the fact they were touted by more charismatic leaders and encouraged even more conformity in their bleating herds.

The reason why it's still here is due to it acting like a virus, just social tenaciously clinging to existence far past it's time is just due to the nature of the human mind makes people blindly obey.

I'm simplifying the full scope of this particular disease of the brain, but look into human psychology, conformity and social norms (not sure if you do it at school yet over there, I did), and it answers it all =/.