Nakkali,

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I reiterate I am thrilled every time I read your replies. Just like the Carlin’s video you posted above, there is a Ted Talk by Dan Dennett related to the same subject matter and a book in 'Breaking The Spell: Religion As A Natural Phenomenon'. He is a cognitive philosopher, a true realist, and his arguments over around the reasoning behind embracing baseless faith than an unconcealed and justified reality.

Ne0,

Thank you for your compliment kind sir. To your point, I find it frustrating that many perceptive individuals in us, who base their judgments on scientific theories and axioms, are still blinded by their belief in god and faith which surprisingly aligns very little with what they believe in to make their living. I recently met a structural engineer in Chicago, a good one at that, who was teaching his teenage son about monkeys hurling stones in the ocean and how they floated. While I understand that he might have wanted to make him aware about hindu religion and allegories attached to it, he did not think, inadvertently maybe, that he was telling him facts he doesn’t himself believe in, at least while at work.

I live in a bible belt, and you should see how this state has been governed by staunch jesus lovers, and when they love jesus more than their text books, it foretells an academic and professional apocalypse. States like Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Carolinas even majority of Texas and Georgia (and other conservative states) cannot flourish like liberal states in East and West coast because of their close adherence to faith that demands theism with science and technology, which to me is fusing gospel with hardcore rap. Same goes with South Asian and African nations, we will remain uneducated and poor because our culture is secured with religion and faith which hinders any liberal attempts we make to make our lives better.

It is a sorry situation, really.