eclipse- There are many very smart people that would agree with the intellect of the OP, so finding someone really smart to explain things to him/her would not accomplish much.
Ferd on Drugs- “Made up” by the same individuals that “made up” the rest of religion.
live right- You asked, “and if Yom Kippur was “made up”, how do you account for all the Jews including the non-religious who feel compelled to observe it in some way?”
How about the 1.57 billion (23% of the world’s population) who believe in Islam? Or 2.2 billion Christians?