I agree with what Little Hawk said, "Christianity, when embraced by the sane, proposes a loving and forgiving God. So do other monotheistic faiths, when they are held by people who are reasonable and sane."
Reasonable and sane people are not the problem weather or not they believe in god. Unfortunatly, the idea of god becomes a powerful weapon in the hands of the unreasonable, and insane. A weapon that given the chance, they will use to minipulate, and control people, and empower themselves while reasonble and sane people stand by and watch it happen because they seam to be on god's side. After reading what I just wrote, I begin to think the problem is reasonble and sane people.