If such external influences are intrinsic to religion, then logic and scientific thought dictate that there must be a mechanism by which this influence is transmitted. A religious or spiritual belief that involves an invisible undetectable force that nonetheless influences human actions and behavior or that of the world itself produces a situation in which a believer has no choice but to have faith and abandon logic—or simply not care.

Knocking On Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate our Universe (ed. Random House, 2012) - ISBN: 9781448161966