Muggles writes:
On 5/11/2016 3:12 AM, Bod wrote:

One thing that is true about people who have a religious belief system
is that people of all levels of intelligence BELIEVE. How do you explain
that many very smart people still believe in a God?

1) Even smart people, brainwashed from birth into a specific
religion, seldom question their beliefs.

2) Most smart people are smart only in their specialty.

3) Most people wish desperately to believe that there will
something after death.

4) You can never underestimate peer pressure and the
need to conform.

Pascal's wager comes to mind as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager