But in response to all of your responses, why blame the religion? Can't any of these people take individual responsibility for their actions? And if not, then your idea of "freeing" everyone from religion fails because all of these people who are unwilling to accept responsibility for their decisions and actions will just turn elsewhere for a decisionmaker.
Honestly, dearie, I probably know a lot more about Catholicism than you do. And I certainly know a lot of people who are not inspired by their community, people who are not strengthened by their faith, and priests and other religious who are not leading their communities in a skillful way. But that doesn't make me condemn the religion. There are as many unskillful Buddhists as there are unskillful Christians. People are people are people. It's you who is taking away their individuality by lumping them together in one generic definition.
Peace.
~ ~ ~ All meetings end in separation All acquisition ends in dispersion All life ends in death - The Buddha