Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins are puzzled. Why do hundreds of millions of people around the world persist in believing in God and religion when science (so they say) contradicts the very nature of religion? Why are so many people (in their view) irrational?
Read this provocative article by Dinesh D'Souza:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/22/INGA9LRRPN1.DTL