Believing in supernatural bullshit and being anti abortion, creationist, etc is bad yes, but simply having a 'higher power' does not mutually exclude from being a smart and rational commie. I learned this concept through AA. I thought that the higher power stuff was all total bullshit, but then I saw that a higher power could be something simple like mother nature or even a really big tree. It sometimes helps people to rise above challenging times by feeling like there is something bigger than you out there that you can turn to.