I've been an atheist for as long as I can remember really thinking about religion. The earliest memory I have of me really thinking about this stuff was probably around eleven or twelve, and I remember concluding that the whole idea of God made no sense, since it raised more questions than it solved.

So reading The God Delusion was a bit like the choir listening to a recording of the preacher, but it was still worthwhile. Some of the points Dawkins' brings up were new to me. In particular, I liked his point that calling a child a "Christian child" or a "Muslim child" is really bizarre, since kids are too young to really make their own decisions about religion.

It also sort of stirred some fire in me that besides animal rights activism, I should somehow be working at "destroy all religion" activism (except Buddhism, which is cool and peaceful).

I actually spent some time discussing this with a friend of mine, and we came to the conclusion that to do this, we'd basically have to attempt to un-brainwash people pretty young, since people start brainwashing children with religion at a tender age. Of course, activists attempting to target children is pretty much asking for huge trouble. But it seems like once people are adults, they're so indoctrinated that simply presenting a logical argument against religion wouldn't do it any more.

Ideas for effective religion-destroying activism are welcome!