(October 13, 2010 at 2:22 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Religion is a by-product of ignorance, hence the less ignorant (by having more education), the less religious. IMHO ignorance is a far worse deal than religion as its the land where religion flourishes.
There are some theists however, that do get smarter, but then pride gives them pause because they have already committed to religion.
And there is the problem where the person has had no chance before being indoctrinated and to remould their mind back to logical thinking is a hard process.....try teaching science in a religious school, for the most the children are logical, but there are a few that have had a seriously blinkered upbringing and point blank refuse to change their views. It also gets a bit hairy when parents complain when you do a walkthrough of the scientific method and relate it to how it does not work for religion. Major fireworks can follow.
