A reason to believe?

[KichigaiNeko]

All of the above is something I would expect to hear from an infant. So this could also be used to confirm that "believers" are nothing more than unevolved, dependant, selfish children that are addicted to their childhood notion of "Daddy will fix it" ?hock:

"Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis" - Sigmund Freud.

Naiveté is the most likely reason for faith, isn't it? I also tend to decline that a lot of people are naive like this but it's just not backed up by evidence.
But the growing numbers of atheists, scientists and all other sort of people who believe in Physical Evidence And Reasoned Logic (PEARL) anywhere in the world renders me optimistic that one day most people might really be enlightened.

One can only hope. But as you say the numbers are looking encouraging.