My point is that these various religious books are full of misogyny, intolerance, and violence (which you have agreed with). At that point any reasonable perso

My point is that these various religious books are full of misogyny, intolerance, and violence (which you have agreed with). At that point any reasonable person would say something along the lines of: "You know what, this book isn't very good. It may have been decent x years ago, and it does have some good ideas, but on balance it isn't that good. Let's keep the good stuff, throw out the bad, and come up with a new canon based on the best thinking of today." But that isn't what happened. Islam and Judaism have chosen to keep their deeply flawed books at the center of their religions (and yes, they are the center). And we still have wackos using the text in these books to justify their violence and bigotry. So, until Jews and Muslims openly disavow huge potions of the torah and quaran, I have very little respect for them.