Being ‘too religious’

It seems like being religious has, perhaps ironically, become a sin in modern society. This is from the mocking of religion from the general public to the Islamophobia and blatant racism of the media (yeah, I'm looking at you, Daily Mail).

So why is religion seen as something bad? Well, it could be argued that it has caused a few religious wars in the past. An argument against this though could be that it is simply human nature that causes a war, not religion.

My opinion is that the cause of tension between religious and non-religious people is just the old fear of something that is different. The same tensions that have been affecting the human race since presumably we were cavemen. The only difference now is that a new player has been allowed to surface, which is the belief that there is no God: atheism. Sure the people that have anti-religious views have some very valid points, especially since recent technological and scientific developments and methods of reasoning. Atheism is not the perfect solution though. There are some questions that atheism can't answer, and I'm an atheist myself.