eh, religion is based on belief ... depending on how completely you believe in something, that is to the extent of its actuality in your life. it's not "making asses of ourselves," but rather people looking for, and then finding comfort in a set of guidlines to morally live thier lives - then from there it seeds generation to generation, until you get that one chink in the chain that thinks differently, and according to what they so feel is a proper moral foundation they follow that, and believe that.

being as there is no, and most likely will never be any tangable proof of a higher being beyond suspicion and over analysed theories ... that's really all you can have, a firm and unwielding belief in what you feel is right. so, "dumbasses?" not quite ... people who feel a sense of comfort or assurance from religion are just very self affermed, and believe thier set of guidlines are the one's that are best; hence divisions.

so, live based on your own beliefs ... or allow religion to merely guide you in one views opinion of what "right" is. that's basically all i've come to see religion as; a fall back-support, or place to start from so to speak.