In the case against religious theism, what is so damning...

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There is no argument against it, because there is no argument for it. Faith is not logic-based any more than beauty or love are logic-based.

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OP:
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...is not that the universe is so easily explained without invoking a god (it isn't), it is that the existence (and proliferation) of these theistic religions is so easily explained without invoking a god.

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Absolutely: You don't need logic to explain how a person can understand or appreciate beauty. Nor do you need logic to explain how a person can love. Nor do you need a god.

Neither do you need a god to explain how a person could believe in gods/God. Indeed, as the OP intimates, evidence abounds regarding human beings' propensity to deify all kinds of things.