riyablossom: I agree.
I am quite religious and my views have been evolving towards a broader prospective meeting people here esp. those who are atheist.
I think religion is " personal " .. its can be shared , discussed , understood and practised but not forced !! The entire basis as i have understood of all religions is " betterment of mankind " or something on similar lines ... but that doesnt mean thats THE only way or THE only thing to do.
Its to love and be compassionate ... but we seem to forget the essence of it all and instead go verbatum which is totally misplaced hence.
Religion itself is fine i guess....
I believe it was set out as in all goodness to help man/woman kind...
Its the assh***s that have destroyed it..
When a religion promotes the killing of other people we know there is something wrong...
Maybe the historical religions were pure at some stage but with generations of selfish changes we are left with a several deadly weapon..

JMO..