[Freddy]

I hope science topples religion, but remain doubtful because religion indoctrinates from cradle to the grave.

[KickAssClown]

The clearest thing I can grapple from this thread is thus:

When the word religion is used it is used with context. In reference to the Christian religion, no surprise as that is the one that dominates the world.

I hear the word religion and I think like this:
Religion:
Secular Humanism
Taoism
Buddhism
Catholicism
Judaism
Islamism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Paganism
Wicca
Wuism (Wuism is a old chinese animism belief, the apparent predecessor of Shintoism)

These each have their point of view and each has it's own methods of conveaying the way to find a path. Religion like Science and Philosophy is about the search for the truth.

A question is a good idea, a belief is fine within you as your belief. A conviction is a great thing to have. However it only becomes a problem, and falls outside of contexts when it is thrown upon others.

So what I think I mean to say is:
If you don't like the dogmas, then drop them.
If you wish to teach your own path to the truth, then speak, and when asked to, teach.
If you hold something as the truth then by all means stick to it, however make sure it is the truth, within you.
I hold Balance as nessary, that the extreames are dangerous and problematic, and the best path to truth is that of the middle path. I hold this as truth, I don't deny there are other truths, and I don't deny that other religions could be right. Only that I know what is best for me.

[someguy]

These each have their point of view and each has it's own methods of conveaying the way to find a path. Religion like Science and Philosophy is about the search for the truth.

With the exception that many, if not all, of these believe they already have the "truth" and you need only accept it. So to define religion as the search for truth would be an improper defintion it would be more like the one's who think they have the "truth".

Again I say that science will overtake religion in popularity because of the objective nature and the fallibility of science. When you can back up what you assert with a mountain of evidence and leave room to correct when proven wrong, it makes what you say much more popular.