I had a rather lengthy response to this initially, but quite honestly it's been said before by men and women much more intelligent than myself. If it's failed to change the world, I'm not going to do any better.

In short I'll just say that I see no true reason for religion(s) to exist in this modern age. We've reached a point where we don't need supernatural explanations for the Whys and Hows of the universe, we're slowly coming to terms with our own mortality, and day by day we're becoming accustomed to the idea that one religion isn't necessarily any more probable than another. The free world is growing up in the universe and is starting to find its own answers for the things that had previously confounded us.

I was born and raised into a fundamentalist christian religion, more fanatical than most can imagine. It's a very strong sphere of influence and it wasn't until I was an adult and escaped into the real world that I began to see how blind to the truth I was.

I advise anyone regardless of where you stand on religion to educate yourself. Practice your religions by all means, but learn. Physics, biology, genetics, chemistry, statistics, anything or everything. I love science and mathematics. Eventually you will do one of two things, you will either refine your theology to a more modern equivalent, or you will stop making excuses for your god(s) and begin to see things from a different perspective.

The universe is so much greater and more 'supernatural' than religion would have you believe.

*I love talking about this kind of stuff, unfortunately I don't think admin approves.