>resistance to or denial of reality It's not just this but it's also the lying and attempting to pass off various myths, mysticism, dogma, theology and fairy t

>resistance to or denial of reality It's not just this but it's also the lying and attempting to pass off various myths, mysticism, dogma, theology and fairy tales as being true with no evidence, and the promotion of "faith" and "belief" as justifications for doing so. And before someone says it, yes, there are other groups besides religious groups that fall into these same self-reinforcing traps. For example a significant number of people still believe in witches and ghosts: https://news.gallup.com/poll/2380/One-Third-Americans-Believe-Ghosts.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/2380/One-Third-Americans-Believ...