The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts: the less you know the hotter you get. — Bertrand Russell. Mathematician and philosopher Anger, Facts
I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion is anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds. One is often told that it is a very wrong thing to attack religion, because religion makes men virtuous. So I am told; I have not noticed it.