I don't say that ridding ourselves of religion will solve all of our problems. If religion and mysticism were to disappear entirely from the face of the earth, tomorrow, we would still have all of our other issues to deal with.
However, it should be obvious to everyone that the needless suffering and death of millions which takes place every single day in the name of religion would decline dramatically.
Religion is a far more divisive force than it is a unifying one. If everyone who believed in the God of Abraham - never mind the Hindus and the Buddhists and everyone else - if only the people who believed in the God of Abraham were able to get along and coexist peacefully, I would never have had a reason to be an outspoken critic of religious faith.
The reality, however, is that the very nature of religious faith precludes it from allowing its adherents to leave well enough alone. Even non-denominational believers FEEL that atheists and other non-believers (no matter that they are good people) need to eventually 'open their hearts to god.' No matter how you slice it, it leads to proselytizing; aggressive or otherwise, it makes no difference.
In a nutshell: If there were no problem with religion, there would be no problem with religion. That "Let it go" song from Frozen should be repackaged and marketed to adults who still believe in stupid, harmful, ridiculous, immoral, and ultimately evil myths.
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