Which all conveniently ignores the Sermon on the Mount, especially the Sheep and the Goats.

That parable specifically says that belief alone is not enough if you don't also act on it to make the world better, further saying that if you ignore those in need, you're going to hell.

Quantum physics are to relatively as religion is to faith?

I disagree that established science requires belief

This quote is always taken out of context. It originally wasn’t supposed to be about how people are “stupefied” by religion, it was supposed to be a direct comparison of how Tsarist Russia used the Orthodox religion as a method of control, in the same way that the British used opium as a method of control over China.

It was supposed to be a commentary about state power in a specific time and place, not a condemnation of religion in general.

Most people aren’t ready to be unplugged. Their minds struggle to process the kind of reality the scientific method has revealed, truths that are often counterintuitive, unsettling, and far removed from everyday intuition.

Even something as fundamental as the certainty of death, the idea that consciousness may simply cease, can be too much to fully confront. For many, that is not just uncomfortable, it is existentially destabilizing. So they turn to belief systems, often inherited early in life, that provide structure, meaning, and emotional security.

That does not necessarily make those systems wrong, but they can discourage questioning when taken as absolute truth. It is easier to accept a fixed narrative than to sit with uncertainty. Very few people are willing to seriously question what lies beyond their own beliefs, about reality, the human condition, or the universe itself.

So yeah, most people are not ready to be unplugged. Many will defend the very frameworks that keep them from questioning, because those frameworks are what make reality feel stable and livable.

He hanged out with prostitutes and drunks, I'd kick it with Jay man.

You're forgetting the end, where He comes back leading a Holy Army and murders everybody! The exact opposite of chill surfer dude energy.

I always got lefty Redneck who's just a tad bit unstable vibes personally. Reminder he spent like a day crafting a whip for his table flipping excursion, also the whole sell your cloak and buy a sword quote. Also while the term carpenter is generally accepted broadly the ancient Greek term could also be used for general laborers, which seems more aligned with Rednecks to me. Well that or some Mexican-Americans I've known, but regardless you are either being called a bastard or a pendejo.

The drinking and driving was the only thing I appreciated with this.

whereas the Church of Satan are basically ancaps who believe in magic.

Ancaps, then