Why are people like that?

Wakas

peace all,

In my experience, its clear that the majority follow, what I would call an unintelligent/illogical approach to islam or any belief system.
They dont verify what they're told/taught, if you ask them where a certain belief they hold comes from it is rare to find them able to back it up with anything, in fact, many times they're not even sure if its in Quran, sometimes they assume it is but it isn't... and if you tell them it isn't, the majority wont go and research/verify what you said.

I cant verify this, but I would imagine the majority of adult so-called muslims haven't even read Al-Quran (in a language they understand). And to me, thats quite shocking. Its not so bad if they admit their not religious, but even people who seem religious they're just not interested in researching/verifying. Or accepting anything that goes against the norm. Or anything that goes against what their sheik/imam/hafiz/mullah say.

I remember when I did my questionaire, most struggled with stuff like the meaning of muslim/allah/islam/quran... I mean c'mon!! None knew when the hadith books were written yet they follow them like they were on par with Al-Quran!! Seriously, like what's going on?

Now I understand true submission to God will always be in the minority, as stated in Quran... but I still find it hard to accept people's mentality. I would almost class it as abnormal, like a disease.

I've thought about why this is... and the two main reasons for this I think are

Simply, the vast majority of so-called muslims (sheep) will not listen to someone without authority. They listen to those with so-called authority, or a title before their name. They are so brainwashed into thinking these people know so much, so that whatever they say must be true. They are like robots, following instructions like they're programmed.
People are consumed by this world. They are taken by its attractions, and only call themselves "muslim" because simply thats what they're used to... thats their culture, thats who their family are. Its almost as if they just play along, act a part, whilst they get on with other stuff.

Sorry for the rant, but I was mainly wondering what do others think the main reasons are for the way people are?