Why do people stay with a belief system (aka a religion) even though they question it. "It teaches you how to deal with everything in life without having to think for yourself." Mike Rinder, ex-Scientologist.

I've been watching Leah Remini's latest season of Scientology on Netflix, and in this particular episode, her cohost, Mike Rinder, spoke about why he feels members of Scientology know there are things wrong with the organization and the belief system, yet still stay anyway, and stated the above quote as a reason.

This really resonated with me as I agree. I too feel that the majority of people want to fbe told what to do, whom to follow, and what to think. So I guess my question is...what is so awful about independent thought that so many resist it?