I always have respect for people who hold forth that at least most religious teachings are steeped in solid morality, as in that regard, I can find agreement.

As one who believes in solid morals as a way for humanity to move into an age of enlightenment, that is something that overall is helpful.

Where organized religion far oversteps its usefulness is in vilifying others who don't hold to their same belief structure as this only serves to be divisive to humanity as a whole.

Every form of organized religion claims to have some "lock" on what is moral or acceptable when in reality all morality can easily be defined by if something is harmful to others either mentally or physically with no need for any religious interpretation at all.

One of the things that always gives rise to my hackles is for believers to spout that as an atheist I can not then "be" moral and that no matter what "good works" I put forth in living a moral life I'll still be doomed to an eternity in Hades for using the brain their supposed "god" gave me in questioning such an implausible construct.

Once more proving to me just how improbable and illogical the whole ball of wax is and how it's all too obvious as well that the idea of an "all loving god" is just more senseless blather as well