Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
Or because it is all based upon there being a man in sky who created the earth and barely anyone ****ing believes it.
It was a conscious decision taken by those is power at the time. I assume they came to the conclusion that they no longer needed religion as a tool to control the masses, probably due to advances in state controlled media propaganda. It also gave them total control of government policy, with no need to consult with the church hierarchy.