The fact is that the only a minority of people are thinkers. Majority are the followers. Even the greatest thinkers have most of their ideas inherited from the past generations (many of them unknowingly). Men are social animals more than they are individuals.
That is why we do not have 6 billion religions or 6 billion political ideologies or 6 billion civilizations.
I agree with your two posts.
This author's point of view is standard American Liberalism, that is, that "believers" are very dangerous, and that anyone who thinks differently than they do should be criminally prosecuted.
That American Liberalism is also a cult escapes him.