Hipsters repaint bike lanes in brush off to Hasids - Brooklyn, NY

It is indeed a fight, religion seeks to install it's influence in every part of our lives, many - like myself - think religion's rightful place is in the confines of one's mind, an entirely personal enterprise, it you want to spend Sunday afternoon on your knees worshipping the creator of the universe through what you believe is telepathy - then that is all good and well, but if you want your superstitions to be part of the national curriculum for under 10 year-olds then we have a problem.

Not being funny but how does religion seek to install it's influence on every part of your life? (Serious question - give me 3 answers and I'll agree with you)

I've had a think and can't really come up with of an example of a religion trying to influnce a part of my life...

...oh maybe extream muslims fucking up the time it takes to board an areoplane...

...but that's really a policy reaction... i don't think that was a religious aim.

On the other point - I honestly don't know anything about the RE/RS nat. curriculum for under 10yo....

...but the idea that religion shouldn't be 'taught' in schools seems silly to me.Whether you like it or not Christianity has had a profound impact on the make up of European society - why wouldn't you teach it?