No problem, you got it right. Hmm. That's a rare thing to
happen.
The "isn't true" part can be very subjective, and I'm going to
avoid that, because it would take a whole essay to say anything
substantial.
The awful truth (irony, haha!) is that there are many out there who
do not know what to do with their lives. Those who approach
religion tend to be redeemed; this is a fact. Broken souls and
hearts who approach fathers or monks or imams will tend to be
healed through religion. Whether the god behind it all exists or
not is a debate that has been going on for very long (We'll leave
my beliefs out of this one, since I'm trying to be
objective.)
Not everyone has the tenacity and passion to search for the
atheistic version of "truth". You have to understand that in this
case, Science is the main instrument for revealing that truth, and
Science is not a good friend of the people. Why? For one, it is
elitist and arrogant. If you're not someone important, or if you
don't have a good background, no one's going to take you seriously.
Second, Science does not have the appeal of religion, where
everyone is made to feel blessed and important. In fact, many are
intimidated by Science, and perhaps, that is why they avoid it.
Third, Science is very technical, meaning you're going to need a
lot of training to even know what is going on.
This is a reality atheists have to accept, that what they consider
an unproven theory of a higher being is more easily believed than
hard, solid evidence.
For the second part, your analogy is a nice one. Allow me to use it
to illustrate my point. If we take reason and logic to be a box, an
open box, not a closed one. In this box are all the scientific
truths and inventions and whatnot. Creativity in this sense is an
unmovable object outside the box. We see it, and we decide we like
it, and we want to have that object inside our box of reason and
logic. In order to do so, someone has to approach that object with
reason and logic (the very material is box is made of) and
eventually, build the box up around that object. Then, we have a
new theory, a new invention, a new innovation. That's how I see it
works.
Religion doesn't exactly prevent creativity, rather, it restricts
it because it is afraid of what creavtivity would do. It's like a
reluctant mother with her child at the playground. She's afraid of
the things at the place, because she is afraid her child would get
hurt. What she doesn't realize is, that the child can learn from
injuries and pain. Religion means well; it's just that we feel very
restricted by it, and that is why we are unhappy with it.
