I'm with Amos in terms of his opinion on Dawkins.

as for, "I went through the "religion is all a bunch of crap" mindset when I was a teenager..."

Yes, so did I and so, probably, did many people. What was particularly interesting about 'The God Delusion' is that it prompted me to re-visit that mindset and to find in it, on mature (maturer?) reflection concepts which cannot (and probably should not) be ignored.

Dawkins examines in detail many religious beliefs (particularly Bible based Christian beliefs) and finds in them many apparent absurdities and inconsistencies (not to mention the shocking inhumanity embodied in many passages in the Old Testament). He then goes on to ask, given the central role that religion demands for itself in many of our societies, and given that many religious people can only invoke 'blind faith' in justification for their beliefs when challenged, why should we afford those beliefs so much customary respect? Surely, an 'elephant in the room' question if there ever was one!