The Cancer of Faith

We hear the "F" word all too often these days in America - Faith. People seem to be reveling in their faith these days. In these days of megachurches and presidents who profess their faith in supernatural beings openly, one must wonder, how much good, if any does this serve?
I would argue that Faith holds us back - faith divides us, prevents us from relating to others, and detracts from what science and secularism might offer for humanity.
These days, due to radical Christians who view the Bible as literal truth holding to views of single cells holding rights and privileges of human beings, we are being hampered in our study of stem cells and human development. Why? Because these fools believe in souls, and believe that a human embryo is infused with an invisible soul at the moment of conception. Thus, a soul-laden embryo is just like a soul-laden human, entitled to protections from the scientific knife.
The realist view is that souls are a fantasy. Our being, our thoughts, can be reduced to physical and chemical phenomenon. A human embryo is not much different from a chimpanzee or mouse embryo without the concept of a soul.
I cannot stop wondering how so many people on this planet, despite seeing the advances of science, of medicine today, still resort to the fantasy of faith. When a patient survives a car crash, it is a "miracle" - not a product of scientific study and effort on the part of doctors and nurses and ambulance staff. Why can't we see that miracles are a joke, souls don't exist, and no supernatural being exists that cares about us enough to inspire books full of lies and inconsistencies. Shakespeare was a better writer than God. A reality that most people these days don't seem to appreciate.