text: when can we finally be rid of dopey religions that cause more harm than good? it boggles the mind that adults in 2006 can still buy into organized religion.  you don't even need to check past history to see the discord it causes.  just look at what's happening in the world right now.  obviously many good, peaceful people are religious.  my point is that religions have been a major cause of war and suffering throughout our recorded time on the planet.  people are just as able to be good to each other w/o getting some god or another involved.  99% of religious people are just following the religion that their parents happened to be members of... so if you were born in iraq or iran, guess what you might be today?  you might be a terrorist yearning to cut off infidels' heads in the name of allah...and you would think that was "good"!  the sooner we realize the folly of religion and stop feeding it to our kids, the better off we'll all be.  need a crutch?  go to the pharmacy, they got plenty. we can only be rid of religions when: - critical thinking skills are taught in schools and applied to religious arguments. - parents are convinced that loading unsubstantiated nonsense into a child's mind is mental abuse. - religions are taxed like nay other for-profit biz. this will chnage the mindset that they are "something special".  even then, it could be around for a long time.