A fundamental problem with religion:

By requiring children to believe mythological tales (virgin birth/resurrection)...

...children are inhibited/disincentivized from developing critical thinking skills, or are required to abandon those skills altogether.

The By-product: QANON
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"Conspiracy theories are a cognitive dissonance-reconciling narrative that simultaneously sustain the believers’ narcissism and victimhood...":

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