It is important to ask 'why'. It's important to question everything. Only one who questions can penetrate through layers of illusion, hypocrisy and superstition.

It's important not to take anything for granted, not to believe just because something is claimed by a lot of people or by those with authority, who are usually have a lot of confidence in what they say and what they do.

Questioning is part of both scientific and truly religious approach.

Religion is NOT BELIEVING in something. Religion, among other things, means finding out in one's life what is correct, factually, and moving from fact to fact, even when it's a fact which isn't comfortable for me, something I don't 'like'. I move on nevertheless.