Logic and Reason

When did these things go out of style?
These days there is so much debate about whether simple scientific facts exist. People find it easier to believe that people came from the dirt and woman was first made from a man's rib than to accept that people have been evolving for thousands of years. The evidence is right in front of us...actually all we really need for evidence is us. We have vestigial organs in our bodies and wisdom teeth that no longer serve a purpose. We don't look like the people of the past. We are in fact primates, we have a 3% difference with chimps in our DNA.
I much prefer to think reasonably. Religion has become a building block for trouble. It's a way to promote the personal vendetta. Why should religious leaders be able to control what I do with myself? There is a huge difference between abortion and smoking. Smoking sections are like having a peeing section in a pool. It makes no difference, it will still spread everywhere anyways. Abortions do not affect other people. I can't stand all the religious reasons of why my position is so "evil." Just because it has a beating heart does not mean it is a human being. Every animal has a beating heart but they are not human. A human fetus has more in common with a ferret in the first trimester. It is only after that that the fetus becomes more functional. The first trimester is the only one that abortions occur in UNLESS it will cause huge trouble for the mother. Any doctor will first strive to save the life of the mother, that is just the facts.