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This brain disease (aka religion) affects us all, poor, rich, smart or dumb. The only solution is a complete eradication, to the last scripture and last preacher. Each affected person is a victim in a way.
The only difference between now and back then is that back then, 100% believed in this shit/superstition/witchcraft, etc, today about 80-85% of people still cling on to such irrational beliefs.
Obviously, we have a long way to go to eradicate this plague.
I don't agree with this but am very familiar with the arguments, being pretty much an atheist. The details don't fit in this thread.
But let me just say that if you did "eradicate this plague," then you have to face what comes next. And as that is the uncontrollable product of a type of revolution, it's likely it would be worse. There are many historical examples of this.