because you can't have a rational discussion on irrationality with an irrational person. It's just not going to work and somebody is going to get defensive and hurt, usually the irrational person. All the questioning has to come from within them. Once they ask that first question, the whole shaky edifice starts to collapse. It's why they hate atheists, we have asked the questions they're afraid of.

Central to that is why all modern religions first declare war on women. Even Buddhism is guilty of this, some sects more than others. The main reason is that religion is a man's business because men have more free time with no useful work to do and can dream them up. Women are busy doing the work of the human race, having the babies and providing food on the table, having grown much of it throughout the world. It's why there are male gods, male officiants, and lots of stupid and inconvenient rules that are mostly aimed at controlling women.

And they wonder why I left.