Originally Posted by JPreston
Now that most Britons hold this statement to be equivalent to a drunk-driver saying "No really, I'm a better driver after I've had a few drinks" and equally unacceptable, can we bring on the post-religion utopia please?

You do realise that that your post-religion utopia is going to be populated by the same animals who use religion as the blunt tool to achieve their own personal gains? You really honestly think that religion is the problem? More than a little naive. Sure, it helps, but it's not going to do anything to reduce the base barbarity humans are capable of.