Factual knowledge and the deviating path forged by priests

In contemporary Western culture we all wallow in false, theological solutions to problems.  These block our way to genuine knowledge, whilst giving us the illusion of superiority.  Realistic persons will persist with complex and simple problems to find out facts, but the current cultural norm is the path of least effort that leads us to address reality as if they were "emotion" or a symptom of a moral error.