Because most people don't have an independent mind. A person with that limitation is easily manipulated. The keyword is manipulation. Since man existed there were highly intelligent and highly aware people ruling over the rest of the population. All around the world, there are societies ruled by some kind of manipulation. You may call it christianity, islam, hinduism etc. However, they all are designed to manipulate people to think a certain way. The Invention of Lying is a movie that perfectly illustrates the art of manipulation. How else will you get people to build cities, drive school buses, and work in mcdonalds? You do it by manipulation. You tell them if they don't make that money, then they can't pay their bills and provide for their family. You tell them that their survival depends on money. The manipulators of religion tell the people you need God. In reality, we don't need money and we don't need god. But they are never going to tell us that.
Note: I'm aware that the world is run by money. And that it seems to be fact that we need money to survive and/or live comfortably. However, the world is like that because collectively people believe money has value. Similarly how so many people believe there to be a man in the sky. We can accept that lie and it becomes our delusion.
This post was edited by Malignanttumor666 on Jun 10 2017 11:07am