Religion

I thought I would Save This subject for my final post of the semester as it provokes the strongest emotions in me.
I can understand why people follow religion from a young age, especially people of an eastern origin as its basically forced upon them, but surely as they get older they can notice that its all rubbish and that it causes nothing but trouble.
In my opinion, religion is the cause of racism and war. If Hitler hadn't been racist, then he wouldn't have tried to wipe out the Jews. If the Taliban's religious beliefs hadn't rendered our western civilisation as 'infidels', then they wouldn't have attacked the twin towers, and we wouldn't be embroiled in a long and pointless war.
Im not alone in my dislike of religion, thios forum has some disturbing images. http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/the_rational_response_squad_radio_show/freethinking_anonymous/2340
To be honest, a lot of Christians are the worst at this. Despite overwhelming evidence that our humanity has evolved over millions of years, they choose to believe in a fictional character who someone decided to write a book about. If this is sensible, then i might start recruiting people and get them to believe that Harry Potter created the universe and magic is real.
I would like to leave you with a very funny clip from Russell Howard's Good News where he introduces us to the most ridiculous Pastor in the world, and shows us his hatred for Barack Obama. Peace out Homies!