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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because:

The Heavens proclaim the Glory of God;
And the Earth proclaims his handiwork.
Day unto day sings out his presence;
And night unto night his praise.[/quote]

Says who![/quote]

In this case, of course, King David, in Psalm 19.

But as prior posters have observed, the existence of a well-ordered universe points toward a creator.

Religion is a natural virtue. People are drawn to what is greater than themselves.

“God” is a name given to an essentially unknowable being marked by the ultimate degree of every virtue, power and perfection.

My own admittedly limited experience suggests that a significant percentage of people who reject the existence of a higher power do so because they’re attached to one or another behavior that they know is bad for them and/or others but don’t want to give up. That or they’re fighting with some conception of a deity that they blame for the perceived misconduct of that deity’s all-too-non-divine followers. [/quote]

Why does a universe point to a creator?

And this universe is clearly not well ordered, unless you are a black hole, as stephen hawking said.
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The arguments from observed nature are alluded to in prior posts and widely available if you’d like to find them. OP asked how “sensible, educated people” can be religious.  The answers are probably as many as sensible, educated believers, but one answer is that the existence of a higher power can be known from nature.  People are free to believe or not. [/quote]

You can’t even answer one question directly related to your point.

Why should anyone take you seriously?[/quote]

Pp wants to believe and the society allows them to believe - even encourages it.

OP here and thanks to all who have posted so far.  I think I have a satisfying answer.

It would be like asking "How can sensible, educated people be petty? or sexually deviant? or not  be musically talented?"

Just because people are one thing, doesn't mean they can't be something else, that may seem contradictory, but is not, for them.

Some people really want to believe in the supernatural and their minds won't change, especially in a society which encourages them to believe.[/quote]

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