Religious people are overwhelmed by the lack of evidence for their favorite imaginary friend in the sky, and they will gladly pay anyone who tells them that they're right in a convincing way. This is a massive market for con men and charlatans.
As always during history, believers hang on to anything that hasn't yet been explained purely by physical phenomena as a proof of God. As deGrasse Tyson nicely put it, this "God" is nothing more than an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.
Religious people are overwhelmed by the lack of evidence for their favorite imaginary friend in the sky, and they will gladly pay anyone who tells them that they're right in a convincing way. This is a massive market for con men and charlatans.
As always during history, believers hang on to anything that hasn't yet been explained purely by physical phenomena as a proof of God. As deGrasse Tyson nicely put it, this "God" is nothing more than an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.