The main and most important theme of all great religions, my friends, is not believing in something for which there is no physical evidence....but putting together a positive and rational philosophy for dealing effectively with human life, oneself, the world, and other people and lifeforms. It's about being in relationship and governing your own consciousness...2 things which are absolutely real and which we all experience. It's about handling one's relationships and one's consciousness in the most postive, harmonious, and beneficial ways one can. That is the crux of religion.

That is what interests me about all religions, and that's why I've studied them...not to worship a "God", but to learn more about myself and about life. The other stuff which can't be proved "empirically" (because it isn't physical...such as gods, angles, reincarnation, etc) is interesting in its own right, but it's a side issue to the main issue which is learning how to live a good and happy live as a human being.

The stuff which isn't physical cannot be proven or disproven...it can only be personally experienced....same as your own thoughts, dreams, and feelings can only be personally experienced. That doesn't mean your own thoughts, dreams, and feelings aren't real. You know they're real, because you experience them intimately. No one else can quantify them or subject them to empirical analysis, but they are of direct interest to you. And that's as it should be.

The reasons for your hostility to religion are obvious, and quite understandable, but I think you're focusing on a side issue...not on the main ground of religion.

You're fixating on a specific belief someone else has which you don't have, and objecting to it. That's a waste of time. Everyone in the world believes some things you don't believe. That's life. Just focus on what you believe, enjoy it, make good use of it, and accept that other people are different from you...and that's okay.