Why should religion have any influence on our lives?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

So how is "I am 100% for removing religious education that teaches one religion as true and others as false" compatible with any idea of freedom or equal playing fields?

Because you are creating an unequal playing field. You are using the structures of the state to promote one view being true and others being false rather than presenting a neutral case for all ideas and beliefs and letting the student decide for themselves or research for themselves.

If you think this = totalitarianism then I have to question your understanding of the word.

The former would be a facet of a totalitarian state, I agree, but nowhere have I advocated it and nowhere have I inferred anything to do with atheism.

Of course you've advocated it: the suppression of religious education.

Where am I saying this? I'm saying the bloody opposite!

You're clearly not just arguing that atheists should be able to choose not to teach religion (who would be doing that anyway?) as FatAndFaithless thought you might be saying. You are clearly advocating the removal (suppression) of religious education. That's such a clear and classical case of atheist totalitarianism, totally at odds with any libertarian ideals.

One word to all of that: Bollocks.

I beseech people to read what I've actually written instead of misrepresenting me to the massive degree you are. I am advocating the teaching of religion on an equal basis (in line with the truth validity of those claims, i.e., 0) to allow students to decide for themselves.That's it.

I believe your issue is with the idea that saying "Christians believes that Jesus rose from the grave and they are 100% right whilst Muslims are 100% wrong" is wrong. Care to elucidate?