[Oni-Paranoia]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

The problem is that people do things in the name of religion. It augments and organizes unjustified thought into a potential weapon, and that's what I dislike about it. You don't see atheists organizing together and doing awful things in the name of atheism.

As religion is an emergence of the human psyche/ego, again, the only way to stomp out the negative effects is to promote education. We typically find that the more educated/intelligent one is, the less likely they are to be religious. I don't have a problem holding an arbitrary belief in a God as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. But what I DO have a problem with:

-Telling kids that they will burn in hell for their sins
-Promoting nonsense about not questioning authority under rule of God
-Teaching falsehoods and spreading misinformation about science based on religious scriptures (such as trying to argue that the Earth is only 6,000 years old, etc)
-Trying to push religious doctrine into schools, public policy, government, etc.
-Causing harm to others in the name of your religion or scripture

Completely agree.