There is No Mythical God
That’s the simple & correct answer.
How otherwise rational & intelligent people can believe in
A Mythical God who does Fcuk all other than bring death
Destruction & misery too many is beyond Me.
Personally, I think it has to do with 2 things. 1. conditioning as a child. For example, most children are taught two supernatural beings exist. God and Santa Clause. As a child you are told by responsible adults, parents, teachers, Walter Cronkite, that Santa is real. You see the evidence, presents arriving mysteriously, the radar at NORAD tracking Santa and in your mind there is no doubt he exists. Anyone who doesn't believe is ignorant, hates Christmas, or stupid. Same thing with religion. Responsible adults are telling you God and or Jesus exists. The rainbow is explained to you as Gods promise not to flood the earth again. Hell, there's a rainbow, so it must be true. All or most of your friends, teachers, coaches, they all believe it. As you reach a certain age, people start to tell you Santa doesn't exist. First you might hear it from an older kid at school. You don't believe him, after all, you've believed this all your life. He may start asking your hard questions like "How is it possible when there are x number of homes, located all over the globe, mathematically it is impossible for him to do this great feat. You ask your parents, they may admit it or carry out the farce hoping for another year... but eventually, you realize it is fake and drop the belief. The only difference between the two stories is the latter, the god story, adults keep telling you its real and therefore you maintain that belief, really never asking or getting asked the hard questions. And if you do, you have the equivalent of "Well Santa can travel at light speed, time actually comes to a stop so that he can personally deliver each gift, stopping to drink milk and eat cookies at the homes that provided those treats." and its accepted
The 2nd reason I think comes from the human desire to survive. Death can't be final so I will believe it goes on.