Religion

I appreciate your additions and agree.

It's like: Life is too complex? Well, right here, in this book, (as the book says) is the literal truth from the Almighty and it's everything you need to know, plain and simple, no fancy thinking or nothing. Just believe and all will be well and you go to Heaven forever, too!

One upon a time, that was about the depth and breadth of what people needed to know, just like all the ontological myths of tribes and cultures. They gave a deeper history and meaning that might have been cohesive and comforting at the time. We no longer live in times even remotely like that in most of the modern World and so, the prevailing paradigm has changed and the relevance of those old standbys is at issue for a complex, dynamic world.

It is even really about right or wrong or secular vs. religious as it is about world view and, oh, realism, maybe? It's hard to find the exact word to use for the sake of precision. Maybe pragmatic and practical are good terms and survival is an important motivator in order to move this forward.