Here follows a quote from Bertrand Russell: "Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."

THE EARLY AGE:
The thing about religion is that people are indoctrinated at such an early age when the process of blind belief becomes subliminal. Some of us work hard later to undo this damage, but most do not even realize it is important to do. So we create a world of automatons ripe to be used for any ends.

Thank you, I have read so manybooks like that. An entire book which you just explained well in a few sentences. I think the idea is right on and aligns well with the psychological studies I have done. Frankly, religion does not require thought, It is reliant on passive thought, while science relies on active thinking which is much more difficult. The default is passive thinking.

Missing a step here... Is this The God Delusion reworded? or The God Gene? Does any part of this work claim an operational divinity is at work, or is it just that a bunch of Cro Magnons siting around a fire and telling stories find it easy to believe something spooky is going on, but that trying to figure out how to get the most out of the fire is not easy?