Religion should be a personal thing, between you and whoever/whatever you believe in. And if you want to build a temple to that and be with others like you, that is also great. Just don't force others into your belief system. Religion was an early form of government, a way to keep the peace, and a way to explain everything that happened because science hadn't evolved that far yet. It is useful now as it provides hope when there is little to many around the world, and a sense of being. Plus, many religious groups do a lot of good in the world. But yeah, if you could somehow wipe everyone's minds clean of religion on earth, every war, every ongoing genocide, would cease to be.

then they should pay taxes

I'll find some examples and show you.

 I agree 100% to those words...

What the fuck? You know I never said that at all xD And I didn't even call you small minded or ignorant, I said a lot of what you said were. You're at pretty much the same stage in evolution as me, so no :) 

Stop being an arsehole mate.

@OP,

What makes us 'human'? We eat, drink, have sex like any other animal, but we are different and of higher level than them. Our intellect is the key to differentiate us from other animals. But people always don't understand what is good or bad for him. In order to prevent this, we have law in the society to regulate the external activities of men and women. But their soul is not regulated by law. Soul makes you good and bad. And religion makes your soul act good.

People who follow religion and fear an almighty God have the feeling that the God is watching him. Hence he thinks twice before committing any wrong even if he has chance. Religion gives you that control.

With that said, I surely can say that religion has and will always have the importance to us.

We already know how a society will work without a religion. Look at Sweden, Norway, Finland. It can't possibly just be the 15% of christians in Sweden that are keeping the crime rates among the lowest in the world, the quality of life among the highest, keeping Sweden one of the most peaceful countries in the world and one of the biggest givers of aid per capita.

Infact, look at USA, it's very different over there. One of the least peaceful countries in the world, some of the highest crime rates, and quality of life is comparatively low in the developed world. And look, 75% christians. I'm not saying christianity causes those things, I'm saying religion doesn't guide morality, it can, but it's only one source, we have plenty of sources. 

Actually, no.  Google search something called Holodomor; a man-made famine that resulted up to ten million dead by some estimates, all due to a militant atheist.  The truth of the matter is that war and genocide are most often motivated by class and racial tensions plus a want for more resources, namely land.  It's human nature to try to suppress the beliefs and opinions of those who believe differently than you.  Loud atheists are equally guilty as believers of making that cognitive leap. 

That's neglecting the huge corruption that existed in Eastern Europe, especially the Balkan region, way before Communism. You'll actually find that less religious states (e.g. the Scandinavian ones) are also less corrupt than more religious ones (e.g. Greece, Turkey, Romania).

Ouch. Well, for sure nothing that ever came out of Romania can compare to a certain moustached dictator.

Weird, I don't remember atheism teaching anything, considering that it's not a religion, and prescribes no doctrinal beliefs. And that's not the only thing that makes this post ridiculous.