Why Fundamentalist Religion Is Bad

I just read a story about the Iranian presidential election. It appears that incumbent extremist president/dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be re-elected. This turn of events has sparked protests and street riots. Of course, U.S. leaders support Mousavi. Vice President Joe Biden has openly offered his sympathy.
In other "Change News," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now claims to support Palestinian independence. Still, President Barack Obama faces an uphill battle in terms of actually making it happen. The American people need to fully support President Obama in oder for the dream of a two-state solution to materialize in the Gaza Strip.
My point here is this: We have to put aside our religious and political differences and promote peace. This is what Christ commanded his followers to do. It's also what the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King professed. And, I believe our president is committed to promoting peaceful solutions to the various current conflicts. We have to work with him, though. Remember, class: Change takes time. Adherence to fundamentalist religion, whether it be Christianity, Islam, or Judaism, is heretical to spiritual teachings, causes war and a host of other evils, and only serves to impede the progress of society.
Domestically speaking, Bill O'Reilly is now being blamed for encouraging Scott Roeder, the man who murdered Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller. While I don't believe Bill-O the Clown is solely responsible for Tiller's death, I do think that right-wing nutjob pundits and media/political figures such as he appeal to Roeder's ilk: uneducated, mentally unstable, and generally disadvantaged. Why do you think the Nazi agenda was such a resounding success in war-torn 1930s Germany? Exactly.
On a personal note, I went to a family get-together today. It was to celebrate the homecoming of my uncle and aunt-- who are Southern Baptist missionaries. They're entitled to be whatever and believe whatever they so choose, but they have been critical of some of the more "liberal" members of the family, myself included. Oh, well, I just need to live the life I know I was commanded to live and not worry about what the neo-Pharisees of this world think.