Maybe the problem here is understanding just what religion is and is not. When you are convinced of the "rightness" of your own point of view THAT is religion. Being thuroughly convinced that there is no god then YOU become god for "that which we esteem the highest is our god." So, now that you Atheists realize that you too are religious how does your ability to be tolerant rank with that of the Jews or say the Christians or any other group you so bravely dercry. Excepting those who, for their own reasons of manipulation, inject religion into the political arena, most religious people try to go about their daily lives attempting to be true on a personal level to whatever beliefs they hold dear. They suffer the put-downs and the derision that is heaped on them by the self-appointed know-it-alls, not to mention the jack-booted thuggies who hate their "different ways of dress, speech, thinking. You know, to be TOLERANT you have to hold some belief, some truth dear. Then you can hear what someone else may have to say and accept the fact that they have made a choice different from yours. How ugly, how fascist to condemn someone who seeks to teach and expound upon their beliefs to their OWN people or those seekers who want to understand more about some particular belief system. How open minded YOU sound by condemning someone who is setting a standard in their own school. You certainly make a strong case for intellectualism (self-defined) to win out over conventional religion(s).