I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.

We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.

Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.

I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.