Sorry, but I think there's a bit of tilting at windmills among some of the most aggressive atheists/agnostics/anti-theists. Often, we discuss these matters in abstract terms, ignoring the real world, which is largely populated by gullible dimwits
who want to be lead/blindly follow in exchange for the illusions of certainty and immortality.
There seems to be an insistence that everyone agree on a certain idea, a certain model of the world. I don't want my thoughts policed by anyone, even those with whom I agree.
It's too close to what the religious extremists are doing. Minus the bombs, of course.
I support freedom of religion or lack thereof. I chose the latter, but as long as the other person keeps his beliefs out of my way, I would fight to the death to defend his/her freedom (hyperbole. I ain't doin' that shit

), even if it means the freedom to be a dumbass. I would no more limit one's freedom to believe in nonsense than I would force someone to believe in any particular version of nonsense,
or even what I perceive to be 'sense'. They're just two...three...sides of the same coin.
Solution? Continue to blow the shit out of the militant extremists whenever they poke their deranged heads up and otherwise promote freedom wherever freedom in desired. Which, I might add,
isn't everywhere. If a country or region's people want to keep their religion, fine. As long as they do it peacefully. Otherwise, blow the shit out of them. A large part of 'our' error in this 'war on terrorism' is the effort to shove democracy (along with McDonald's, Nike, iPods, etc.) down the throats of people who don't want it. If they want to live in the Bronze Age, fuck 'em. That's their business. I have to wonder how much of this 'war on terrorism' is funded by corporate hawks who look at foreign countries simply as potential markets for their useless crap. No, I'm not making that claim, just wondering.

The military industrial complex is pretty satisfied with the whole thing, I imagine.
Another large part of 'our' error is ignoring Lao Tzu's advice in The Art of War, but that's another story.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."