Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones.

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In a humorous article entitled, “Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant to give up the old ones,” author Andrew Solomon said human beings have been quite clever in the way we have come up with religion. The author also said religion is a natural response to our innate desire for order and meaning. In fact religion is a type of delusion that helps us cope with the world. Because of this, religion is very fragile and can easily be destroyed.

One way in which religion can be destroyed is by people who question it. These people may come from a variety of backgrounds and points in their lives, but they share a common desire: to see religion for what it really is.

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