have you considered the idea that it may sound stupid to you, but makes perfect sense to us??
Fred, religion can be an amazing thing when done right, again you turn to religion i used to turn to smoking, same thing. doing religion right means it just being a connection between you and the creator, sometimes involving a middle man. religion has been proven wrong on so many occasions that most of that most of the civilized world has given up on it. and what happened once they stopped using it in public policy? well, turns out everyone won, except the fanatics. people practice their own religion and no one bothers no one.
i am trying to get across a point here, religion is no substitute for science, be that the hard/exact or social variety. because when science is done right it is the biggest weapon available towards achieving truth. and while people take advantage and obviously we don't have all the truth, it's still miles better than belief. they both have their place, truth governs interactions between people and belief, when it harms no one may govern interaction within a person.
