Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?

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I understand that this may sound like a stupid question. However this is something I really never understand. Why do we give so much credence to a belief surrounding a single man? I have read accounts that the actual man Jesus Christ did exist. However, is "powers" or whatever were severely exaggerated. This question goes for Islam and Judaism as well. You know, the big three. And I do know these 3 do stem from each other. But why? Why are these so widely practiced?

For a variety of reason for most people the idea of a lack of belief is nonsense, trading in belief for a lack of belief isn’t a real transition trading in one set of belief for another is.

And for such individuals the only sort of alternative to religious beliefs, is a view of reality in which we’re just some cosmic accident, that sheer excessiveness of life, our desire for meaning, good, etc... is just a fluke or quirk of nature, seem far less belivable that a talking a donkey, or a man putting two sets of every animal on a wooden cruise ship.

They tend to reject atheism as a worldview, containing moral subjectivism, life as a cosmic accident, purposesless and meaningless, what they don’t realize is that many atheists don’t actively hold such views, but instead prefer the non-commital, aversion to beliefs, especially on big questions, called “lack of belief”. They tend to also dislike this type of non-commital, wishwashiness that atheists today seem to be a fan of.