Religionless Religion

For the sake of argument I will go out on a limb (good ole southern expression) and say: Religion as we know it so far in human history is responsible for the divisions, hatred, violence, and anti-intllectualism sweeping the world today.
Charles Kimball has clearly identified the signs of evil religion:
1. absolute truth claims
2. blind obedience
3. establishment of an ideal time
4. the end justifies the means
5. "holy war"
This is true of Jewish ultra-orthodox violence against Palestinians, Christian fundamentalist violence against abortion clinics or focus on Jerusalem as the location for the final battle, or Islamist Jihadist reign of terror on their own or the western world.
Marcus Borg identified the results of religion:
1. political oppression
2. economic exploitation
3. chronic violence
4. all sanctioned in the name of religion
James Carroll has clearly identified the signs of good religion:
1. celebrates life, not death
2. recognizes God's Oneness as Unity among all creatures, Unity known  as love
3. is concerned with revelation, not salvation
4. knows nothing of coercion
5. will have a secular character, i.e. rejects religion that is incapable of self-criticism
John Spong was on the right track when he wrote Why Christianity Must Change or Die.
Deitrich Bonhoeffer was on the right track when he talked about "religionless religion."
Today's religions are like new sepulchers, clean and white on the outside and full of rotten decay inside.
Change or die------the quicker the better!