It's just a shame (or perhaps tragic is a better word) that these young people are obsessed with, or are being encouraged by their parents and/or peers to participate in, religious rituals and various religious nonsense rather than reading and understanding some of the great western philosophers, such as Bertrand Russell or David Hume, who were atheists. When I was 18 that's what I was reading. I would have laughed my head off if someone suggested I read the bible or the koran. It seems to me that one of the faults of a so-called multicultural society, at least as practiced in Canada, is what I would call excessive or undue respect for, and discouraging criticism of, various religions. It's hard to see social or intellectual progress happening to any significant extent when criticism of religion is suppressed so as not to offend x,y or z minority community, and when x,y, z minority community is encouraged to remain intellectually in the dark-ages.