Because with knowledge comes the realization of the Divine and only a fool rejects it's emanations and the Truths of tribe, family and honor that becomes as clear as day as you bask in it's Sunlight.
Take the /paganpill/ my friend! You won't regret it.
With knowledge comes more uncertainty. I suspect religion is just a meme in original sense of the word. I doubt humans can understand the world which could likely be some kind of simulation for all we know even if disembodied spirits exist.
I've read plenty and I can assure you Christian metaphysics is retarded and the only stuff that isn't complete retarded is the weak attempts of Aquinas, but anyone know Divine Simplicity doesn't work with the Bible. Aquinas just had to pretend his generic theism is compatible with Christianity, otherwise he'd be burned on the stake.