Doubting Marcus

Religion is not the problem. Religion is merely a symptom, the true underlying problem is ourselves. It is the natural human tendency to generate intense convictions in the total absence of rigorous empirical evidence, it is default ignorance of our own fallibility and subsequent failure to exercise proper scientific methods when we pursue knowledge, it is our stark resistance against changing our minds and admitting error even when faced with an avalanche of evidence to the contrary, this, I imagine, above all else is the origin of all our troubles. It is the reason why we have bizarre conspiracy theories, vaccination denial, psychic media, UFOlogy, creationism, astrology, homeopathy and every other stubborn superstition that continues to stall human progress.

- AntiCitizenX - on explaining religion