I doubt that most people know what’s written in their holy books. The more I know about it, the more I wonder how anyone can take it seriously.

*Refusal of responsibility for one’s own life…

Michaelangelo knew this and painted god inside of a human brain. Nice move back then.

Interesting video on the negative correlation of the prevalence of religion in countries and the quality of life in these countries. Less religion is correlated with better quality of education, medical care, freedom and other benefits. Supports your claim.

youtu.be/7Dr9GKuMYsg?...

As others already said, that depends on what you read the article for. Often enough I just read the abstract and then search for the relevant part and/or method. Just takes a couple of minutes. If I need every single detail of the entire article, 2-3 hours may be realistic.