Chuckle. No idea what 'loaded for Bear' means... :)
Science is a mess. People are a mess. TV is the perfect example, you're right about that... Right about rationalising too - that's 'thinking' for the permanently asleep...

I've read plenty theology. I know what they think, and I disagree with most of it. And there's a better answer too... None of it's rocket science, just simple logic.

Humans can be either logical or illogical, we have two brains and two minds to choose from. Yin is illogical and competitive, Yang is logical and cooperative. It's our choice, but Yin is the default.

The Yang mind is the one we should be working on. That's the path to freedom... :)