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Since we evolved with this need to believe in something
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Speak for yourself. I submit that humanity has evolved larger brains, which allow us to hold and consider more information. This also allows us to exercise control over our environment. Those with more control are more likely to propagate and continue.
Religion was a fine way of understanding the world around us 2000 years ago. I'm sure prayer seemed very real to them. That they didn't understand the power of the placebo is hardly surprising.
Unfortunately prayer, and the religious institutions that support it, have plagued humanity after their usefulness have ended. Kind of like a mad appendix that turns into a tumor.
With a little luck, we'll be done with this superstitious nonsense in a few more hundred years.