So by ridding religion, everything will be nice and peachy; happy sunshine and rainbows throughout: Crooked politicians will be straightened, armed forces will cease to exist, racism will become extinct, drug cartels will become bankrupt, just crime in general will hit a WORLDWIDE low?

See, you took one facet of a belief and extrapolated to the point that it became the whole. That's almost similar to Jack Thompson looking at one game and coming to the conclusion that all games are almost of the same nature.

Now, where exactly does it say that it's okay for priests to sleep with young boys? Since your argument is geared towards the Christian faith, how many branches condone and encourage homosexual activity?

Your argument would fall in line just as I would say that atheism could be very detrimental to a person's well-being because statistically atheists are more prone to suicide than people of faith, and there are studies that have come to that very same conclusion.

Claude, I think most of us are joking :).

 Religion has its strengths and to each his own.

Well i think it is well known that religion as a whole causes more problems than it solves... I for one am extremely glad that in the UK religion is rather second to most things... Anyone that claims that having religion is better than not having it is clearly brainwashed by the crap that they spout!

But as i said this is in my opinion, unless i am not entitled to that...

Religion is not true anymore. Sephiroth is dead.

You are, and I gave you my opinion why ridding all of religion will not have any "positive" effects as you claim.

But idle, *cooked* hands are the devil's lunch.

 No he is not, He is living with Elvis near my house.

whats really scary is he does not see it as crazy....weird