Religion is something you are given by others who are religious or believe in something that you encounter and believe in for one or two of several reasons:
1) You are born into it and believe because it is what your community and family believe.
2) It shortcuts something like death, fear, loneliness, depression, or purpose... Basically you are at rock bottom and anybody that says the will end the pain in exchange for belief will be readily accepted. Note that this is why conversions happen.
3) Because it is cool. Psychic stuff is very very cool. I want to move stuff with my mind. Just believe!
Hate of someone religious or having a 'belief' not based on facts or skepticism is not stupid. They are simply in a state of belief. Suspension of belief is not created by argument. Do you see any argument above? How can you believe argument would cause a change?
Physical proof is usually impossible. How do you counter the existence of gods and ghosts. Can't disprove something that can't be proved.
People are not stupid for their beliefs. It is I believe a part of the mechanism of survival. You don't have time for skepticism when a lion jumps out of the bush.
We all hate to be wrong too. To be wrong is to display a weakness that you somehow were to brain dead to believe in nonsense. The brain rebels and fights back. Again, argument fails.
The only thing that really works is self discovery. Well there is another, you treat skepticism indoctrination like a cult would.
Self discovery usually only occurs when your world fails to make sense. There is only one slight problem. Our brains fight that too. We find an excuse to believe in nonsense, despite what we have discovered.
The most powerful way to remove a belief? Laughter. When you laugh at yourself, you have probably created a new view of the world.
But be careful. Don't hate. Try perhaps to help. But odds are, they are lost and you can only wait for them to find their way.
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