500 years ago were people terrified of witches, they hunted them down and burned them at the stake. Nowadays, most people understand that witches don't exist and that they have never existed – except in our imagination. Most people no longer believe in ghosts, trolls, angels and witches, at least not here in Europe.
Most people no longer believe that schizophrenia and personality disorders are caused by evil spirits, or that cancer is a punishment for sins. Most people no longer believe that the sun is revolving around the earth or that the world was created 6000 years ago by a nasty and jealous God with the name Jehovah or Yahweh.
Well, many people still believe in gods and evil spirits and that cancer is a punishment. They believe that people with cancer are sinners and that rich, healthy, and good-looking people are God's favorites. They live in a fantasy world and they would rather die than leave it.
Atheism is of course also a belief. Atheists can not prove that there is no God behind it all.
There are so many different kinds of fantasy worlds, so many different gods, and so many different belief systems.
Some people believe that they are awakened, and some believe that they are useless fools.
It is possible, I believe, to leave all belief systems and fantasy worlds. You don't have to be a neoconservative, a Baptist or a Catholic, a Sunni Muslim, or a devout Hindu. You don't have to be anything but a human being.
