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Rogerioandrade on 06 March 2017
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Pemalite said:

It does erode equality and equity.

Homosexuality is attacked severely in the middle-eastern Abrahamic religions like Judaism, Islam and Christianity, the Bible, Torah and Quran even state that Homosexuals should be put to death.
The Bible also promotes and supports slavery... Is against divorce, believes women should serve men.
It undermines and attacks equality and equity and various moral values.
People then take what the Bible says and run with it.

And here´s a clear example that people don´t understand the Bible at all. It may contain those things in the Old Testament, but they shouldn´t be applied because they were either covered or cancelled by the New Testament. Christianity don´t state the death of any human being for whatever reason, nor all the other implications you mentioned. I just see those on extremist muslims and some  border Chistianity groups.  The only thing the new Testament says is that homosexual sex shouldn´t be practiced, but it also says that people are free to live as they like ,as soon as they understand/believe the consequences.

There are avenues that provide far better emotional control during "harsh treatments" than what religion can provide.

It is only relevent to those who are indoctrinated, but even then it is still not required, those who aren't religions tend not to give a shit about religion.
Converesly... There are many conservative religious nutters who will refuse to seek medical treatment for themselves and their family and opt for "prayer" instead. (Which will do absolutely bugger all.)
Their ignorance has even resulted in death... As they believe disease/illness is the work of the devil.

That may be true in some cases but not all of them. People are different from each other and emotional treatment don´t work the same for everyone.

I don´t know any religion who incentivates the abolition of medical treatment. If someone is doing that, they´re just ignorant about their own beliefs.

Just keep in mind that everyone is born Atheist... It is only later that you get indoctrinated/recruited into the Church.

Also something to keep in mind is that countries with a relatively large Atheist populations like Iceland, Australia and Japan also tend to rank highly in various health indexes.

People aren´t born Atheist. People learn to be atheist as they grow up. I´d say that people are rather born with no conscience of what is spírituality, which they can develop as they grow. After all, "Atheism" is also something that people can be indoctrinated. Otherwise, there wouldn´t be so many books / studies / lectures / organizations defending and praising it. Some atheists even defend their ideas with more passion than many religious leaders! No kidding....

The last statement is not a staple.  Countries like China and Cuba have a huge % of atheists in their population and people don´t live very well there.

 

A vast majority of Christians hold more conservative, inequal values, because that is the rhetoric that typically resonates with the Bible and is what is propogated via various churches.

Of course there are various denominations that are more progressive, but for everyone of those... You have 10 more that are conservative and will attack those who seek equality, equity and the advancement of society in general.

That´s what I said before.... The problem is not the religion, but what people make of it. Thakfully, I´m not part of that group, neither any of my friends or family members. If there´s something I will always fight against, is extremism, and not only religious.