NASA takes in 17,647,000,000 in 2014 that is 48,000,000 a day.

that is just one reason.

What benefit would there be to trying to cover this up?

to hide God from you. make you feel small. instead of being on a small, hand made planet, you would be on a random collection of rocks, you would be an accident of existence, you life, your survival, always in doubt.

in this state you can be controlled.

if you know you are one with God, you are very hard to control.

I find that arguing against people who hold strong beliefs usually doesn't work.

super religious types frustrate everyone, because you can't argue with people that don't have the authority to decide for themselves what they believe, they defer to the church. best to let them be, free will and all, as long as they don't harm anyone else.

But asking questions about the foundations of their belief often does have some effect, if only to make them think about things and planting the seed of doubt in their mind.

that is what i'm doing. but beyond where you think you are. i'm sure i'll be changing too, given time, i don't claim to know it all, but humbly seek to be better than i was before, always forever.

peace, namaste