I applaud the educated position of Mr Stinson. I found the points lucidly put. One area he seems to skip is the human predilection for an omnipotent parent figure.

It seems most societies have one or more 'faiths' which represent a parental super-being. This ranges from ancestor worship through to the abstracted deity of Christianity and other monotheistic beliefs. The application of logic to reality can be described as a  'scientific' attitude (although this is a limiting definition). It certainly takes substantial effort to consistently avoid superstition and be consistently rational, applying logic and reason to every aspect of life. It follows therefore that failing to shun superstitious (religious) behaviour is a symptom of having insufficient strength of character to apply reason and logic in a fundamentally personal context.

It is my proposition that the overwhelming majority of humans are unable to muster the psychological integrity to be able to be entirely rational. This displays itself primarily in the symptom of religious dependency.

I would welcome comments on whether this symptom is a preprogrammed trait, for example: post-weened conditioning; a human trait, for example: a programmed reaction such as a babies grip; or finally a symptom of the underlying instability of personality (ref: the proposition that complete personality-stability is a unachievable abstract).

My field is 'IT - Cross Platform Itegration'. This means the view I take is based mainly on personal observation. I present this proposition (humbly) in that context.

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Plato's Cave: Moral - If you manage to get out of the cave. . . . Don't go back in and shout about it!
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