Reply #8: Never forget the enormity of the task [View All]

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Religion and its attendant beliefs have been with our speices for as long as we can recall. Great minds have been believers. Even in this time with so much science railed against the foundations of many of these beliefs they still survive.

Religion is not just a simple belief. It is the result of eons of social evolution of self serving social constructs. It has developed astounding means of keeping itself alive.

Think of it as the medical community facing the onslaught of disease. Even though they are able to thwart some infections evolution provides means for the pathogen to adapt and overcome the treatment.

Reason creates focused resolutions to issues. Evolution finds ways around this. Often faster than reason can keep up with.

These are social forces we are dealing with. Most people are unaware of the forces that come together to create their world views. They simply know what they know.