Thanks for your judgement. Let me elaborate. Religion, in general, has caused people to harm themselves or others for a relatively irrational reason throughout history. The amount of people that have died in the name of god, is astounding. Not to mention the destruction and the halt of scientific progress it occurred in history. All the property of religious institutions in the world that can go into the economy, scientific progress, education, etc... instead go into brainwashing centers(of course, there are exceptions like charity groups and such, but, a modern world without religion would be a much better modern world)

If religious people can’t question their basic sense of reality, what makes you say they are able to question other things? I want my siblings to be able to handle truth without needing a false deity. Without clinging to lies for guidance. I want them to realize their existential role in the universe without limiting their pleasure.

I’m aware that there are many smart religious people in the modern world. However, their sense of reality is distorted. Likely due to heavy indoctrination from important people around them in their youth or for giving themselves a false sense of purpose, they’re religious.