Civilisation vs religion

We're in an odd place in our evolutionary journey.

We're almost civilised.

In only 40,000 years, we've gone from the first known cave art in Altamira, Spain to the moon.

That is a testament to our creative and practical genius.

We are on the verge of many scientific breakthroughs that could end hunger, make us live many times longer, inhabit Mars, and actually understand the universe's origins and how it all works.

But... (there's always a but with us humans,) we are not all on the same evolutionary timeline when it comes to science and reason.
Some of us continue to believe in gods and, in the name of their gods, would have us all believers.
They would have us regress our social timeline to 1400 to 2000 years ago.
They would have us give up our lofty scientific pursuits because they contradict their religious texts.
They would have us put half of our population, (women), into near slavery.

Enough.

If you are a feminist, a humanist, a gay rights activist, anti-prejudice, or pro free speech, the time for you to act is now.
Religious groups are defying all international laws, all national laws, and they have decided that their gods are more important than human rights and the lives of millions.
Their goal is nothing short of ending civilisation and returning us to the dark ages of superstition and religious tyranny.
They seek a global theocracy.

This is not just a difference in beliefs to be politely debated.
If you don't believe as they do, they want to cut off your head.

To some, beheading the non Islamic is the moral thing to do because the Quran says so.
When an entire culture is indoctrinated into a violent religion, the violence is seen as morality.
It is primitivism and barbarism on a cultural and religious scale.

To others, burning black churches and calling for the death of gays and lesbians seems moral because the Bible says so.

The Bible and Quran are hate inspiring books, yet are touted as the beginnings of modern morality, as if there was no human morality prior to their writing.

We're in an odd place in our evolutionary journey.

We're almost civilised.

Religion is the number one thing keeping us from becoming civilised.