[cheebacheeba]

Why target religion? I'm sick to death of listening to people flick through their ipod on a train and having to listen to their shite music, or the dick head who comes out of a pub singing his favourite football chant or that silly cow out the back of the bus who wants everyone to hear her stupid fucking conversation. There are millions of people across the world who act out and do shit in public that bugs people or make a point of advertising their way of life.

Yeah, I don't personally appreciate those folks either. I don't target religion specifically...it was just the topic that happened to be under discussion.
We've done a "what pisses me off" thread in here somewhere already, if you can find it you'll see religion is not something I particularly focus upon.
There's lists. It's been done.
I think people who react like you have take shit too personally...I mentioned before about certain people who wait to jump at things like this, and here you are questioning my maturity when I am just giving my perspective when someone evidently took offense.
I don't sugar coat things, and I don't speak bullshit.
Hell, all I said is that I don't see a need for religion to become public spectacle...personally, I think it detracts a little bit from any actual faith when you go all out with the whole "look at my faith, world!" bit.
If someone acting in a way that's not culturally "the done thing" I find it strange, a little uncomfortable, and probably most problematically is that it's really just slinging around free advertising for your organised religion of choice isn't it? - I've already said where I stand on people campaigning, and I'm sorry if it counts for me even if it's unwittingly so, and inbuilt through conditioning, another thing I personally don't agree with.
I haven't attacked YOUR religion, or any specific religion. I have nothing *really*against any given faith, just how certain groups and people conduct themselves - and while I find some things about them illogical, people are free to believe in whatever they like and act accordingly.

Religious texts are some of the best wisdom literature avaliable, it would be retarded to remove religion from education.

So if it's not your way, it's retarded...right...
All I can say there without pointing out the fundamental "lets not judge" people bit, is, each to their own.
Chances are, had you been raised in a different way, you may have a different opinion.
Values and ethics can be taught and embraced without having to refer to religious texts. That's all religion is really about, right? I mean if you take all the random crap that's open to interpretation out...being a "good" person...?
Other than that, what is there? Fables/parables presented in different ways.
Again, why this isn't something you feel can be left out of "education", is your own view on the matter.

I'll asume you are just saying you don't like the idea of teaching creationism as a science or the indoctrination of our youth through religion

Yes I prefer fact over fiction, and open philosophical discussion over religion. Less dogmatic. Less "wrong" answers.

I suspect that a lot of the ugliness between many countries would disappear.

Agreed again

maybe they would manage to find other things to fight about, but then again, maybe not.

Probably. But they wouldn't always have the same old fallback of religion - they'd actually have to stop and THINK about why they ought to be angry at each other.