It is not really something you are allowed to say here it seems as even on HN are people who believe which boggles the mind; I would love to hear from them what a possible solution would be. I know Islam & Christianity etc are about peace these days, but they were and often are not; their bibles are full of violence, hate, prejudice etc that 'the enlightened' learned to interpret differently. The fact that humanity decided to interpret things differently in 'some cases' is weird in itself; who told them too etc? Maybe the intent was and is violence and death and pain for everything that is 'different'? Isn't that what hell is? And many (growing in the middle east and africa) believe that to be their religion. Unfortunately besides trying to say their religion is peaceful, which they don't read in their holy books, no real solutions come from those who are religious so doing something about religion itself would be the only solution. I would love to hear some other, practical, insights which exclude teaching people more so they abandon religion. For me personal the latter would be the best, but on the other hand, everyone should be able to live the way they want (within boundaries) and if you want to live like that then that is fine as long as you tolerate others who believe something else. Again; I don't see that happen unless you radically rewrite the holy books to be completely modern (which also includes all other things which people still literally believe, and which are thus part of the problem, like the creation in 6 days and so forth).