With the obvious diversity and what often amounts to complete contradiction that exists between the world's religions, both past and present, its obvious that, at the very least, most of the adherents are delusional. All of them clearly cannot be right.
Since none have demonstrated themselves to be more correct than any other, it's very probable that none of them are. If there *is* a correct religion or deity, it is just as likely as not that it hasn't revealed itself and its religion not even known.
The conclusion is, therefore, that humanity has settled on religion to satisfy its own innate need to believe in the supernatural and apply magical thought to the world and universe around us.
In short, most of humanity suffers from delusions. Not being delusions that are exclusively deleterious, the genetic component that causes these delusions hasn't been selected against and still exhibits itself in H. sapiens.
Thus, we have proponents of various forms of this delusion that are convinced that their delusions are genuine "phenomena" and, in modernity, spam internet message boards with their "truth;" broadcast televangelistic sideshows; host faith healings and seances; and hold services for congregations whom they've sold on their delusions.
The delusions are different, resulting in different, even contradictory, cults that follow them.
I say, if you talk to god your deluded; if god answers your more deluded.
