Good stuff.
Salman Rushdie sums up my thoughts well on this: "Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a threat to our freedom".
The shear number of people of belive in sky-fairies is frightening. Perhaps it's not surprising when so many people believe in ancient fairy-tales that a few of the less benign ones follow what their special books can easily be interpreted to say.
There is no reasoning with the illogical. Sadly it is almost certain that more people will die because intolerant people with guns believe in dogshit.