Seadragon, yes, you can voice your opinion as well as anyone else - that's what R&S is all about - but just consider for a moment the influence, and the effect, that religion is having on this world. Beso is right when he implores people to cast off their primitive faiths - and despite your objections, the fact is these faiths are primitive. If those who profess faith continue to believe as they do, then Armageddon will happen, religion will bring it about, and so the future of humanity does depend upon the religious relinquishing their beliefs. People who think like Beso and me, and all those who attempt to introduce a little reason into the minds of the faithful, are the real peace-lovers in this world - not the religious. They are only concerned with saving their own souls, and in winning a futile battle against others who, oddly enough, believe in precisely the same God. In their unrelenting efforts, they are proceeding to, and will eventually succeed in, dragging the rest of the world into oblivion with them. Utter madness! (And if you think me calling this utter madness is an insult, then I can only suggest you examine your own philosophy).
As for the effect that Beso's post had on you, I have Jewish friends, Christian friends, and a Muslim friend, but whilst I abhor their religious beliefs, I don't dislike them as people. I just wish they would think a little more deeply, and a little more seriously, about what they are actually promoting and subscribing to.