Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“To tell people that their non-religious beliefs are just a religion is an insult. Why is it an insult? There isn’t any nice way to answer, so I’ll be blunt. It is an insult because the way that people form religious beliefs is so intellectually irresponsible that their conclusions are almost guaranteed to be false. People: * accept their religious beliefs with little or no evidence * accept religious beliefs that are contrary to the evidence * accept religious beliefs without studying competing views * are certain about religious beliefs that are dubious at best, and *accept their religious beliefs not because they are intellectually compelling, but because they are emotionally comforting. Forming non-religious beliefs in a religious way is irrational because forming any beliefs in a religious way is irrational.” (04/17/24)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/why-religious-beliefs-are-irrational