My point is that the foundations of religion are completely detached from reality, and to be a "good" religious person one is validating the crazy foundations.

My point is that the foundations of religion are completely detached from reality, and to be a "good" religious person one is validating the crazy foundations. There's a joke I love about this, where the "good Christians/Muslims/Jews" are like working on the picnic committee for the KKK. Sure, they're not the ones burning crosses or terrorizing and killing innocent people, they just support the ones who do. Sad statistics: * 70% of Americans believe angels are real * Roughly half of the US population believes that devils and demons exist * Roughly a third of Americans believe the earth is 6000 years old Why does this matter? Voltaire's quote sums it up perfectly: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."