^ Corsi. I honestly think you are looking at Islam and extreme sects of other religions and putting every faith and every ideology in the same basket. It's a lot more nuanced than that and there is a very large spectrum of faith or spirituality that doesn't fit what you're talking about. Some faiths border on being a philosophy, rather than a faith in the divine.
You seem to think I'm condescending, but I'm just stating the reality of humanity. 99% of us need something to "fill in the gaps" of the unknown. Religion is just one way of filling that gap, and you should feel free to challenge someone, but don't expect them to change. The way we are raised is often too hardwired into our brains to make a sweeping change. It's like taking the red pill in the Matrix, and then not being able to cope with a new reality. If you know something about psychology, you know that we need frameworks in order to make sense of reality. Our brains have difficulty functioning properly without that framework.
Once you understand how human beings function and exist, I think you'll be a lot more forgiving for those who still CHOOSE to be religious, despite the evidence to the contrary.
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