Unfortunately there are weird structures in the human brain that cause even smart people to believe in this crap. I suppose it has evolutionary benefits in the management of complexity. You focus on the actions of yourself and your prey, everything else is the province of the sky God. If you spend too much time brooding over how Aunt Judy got eaten by a saber-tooth tiger then the wildebeest you're hunting might get away.

It's frustrating that these weird beliefs are so widespread in modern society, but it looks like the world is slowly moving away from it. It gives me higher self-esteem to be secular now when I am ridiculed for it than in the future when most people believe like me.