Religion: Who needs it. Why are humans looking for something they can always provide? People who have washing machines and dryers send their clothes for cleaning. McDonald's can find a homeowner full of food. There are billions of people in the church every week. Please wait ... cleaner, McDonald's and church. Yes. People are always trying to ease their lives. Darwin considers this to be part of "survival of the fittest." The more we live our lives, the more we will live our lives.
How do we understand the past? We will tell others through verbal or reading to understand the past. History is invented by people, tribes, and religions, and they need a common past as a means of defining and building themselves. They need a common (sometimes wonderful) common origin to give a common destiny to this group. This is done through another process. We can only comprehend what we do not know by comparing what we know. The other person is a foreigner, it is a foreigner. To some extent, everyone is a nationalist, it is inevitable that we define others based on the difference with you. Identity is the story that you establish yourself with others. French and English. Argentina and Brazil. Protestant and Catholic. Hinduism and Muslims. Western and rest. This is a historical process and an epistemological process.
Much of what you are talking about is neither religious nor non - religious. This is conservatism and liberalism like free religion and conservative religion. I would like to quote people who changed from conservative religion to free religion. "I want a question, not an answer." Many religions constitute an unresolved issue that is confused with non-religious or atheistic. Where are the prosperity of conservatism and authoritarian now? They flourish in dangerous and chaotic environments and people do not have sufficient resources to educate themselves. Here, there is a society in which people are told what to do. Other parts of the world like Europe are more secular as the environment is suitable for it. However, the whole world became more religious and fundamentalist. Why is this? This is because it is more dangerous and confusing. They asked, "How do people believe these stupid things?"
God VS. Science: Discussion by Natalie Angier and David Sloan Wilson sponsored by Thomas A. Bass