Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

Our belief in religion isn't a sign of our species' stupidity. It's a by-product of our ability to trust people that are older and more experienced. Natural Selection has made us this way. It makes our kids trust their parents when they are told to look both ways before crossing a street, or in primitave times, not to walk alone in the area where coyotes are at night. Eliminating our species sense to inherently believe what they are taught about a higher power would also eliminate our sense to trust those who teach us how to live.

It's not a sign of weakness, just a by-product of what millions and millions of years of natural selection has created for us.