Herr Max,
I'm afraid I cannot agree with your conclusion of "live and let live". The religious will not tolerate it.
Muslims want the flag of the Caliphate to fly over the British Parliament and our own Congress. Evangelicals want to actively corrupt the minds of innocent schoolchildren. Catholic priests remember when they ran countries and still think they deserve to. They all insist we subsidize them with our taxes.
To paraphrase Brother Sam Singleton, the boot of Levantine religion has been up the keester of Western civilization for 1700 gruesome years, and now that a few people are finally complaining, religion cries "Persecution!".
Now we can tell the obvious truth, that religion is about money and power here and now, and has little to nothing to do with an afterlife most of the priest class holds in great skepticism. Do you think for one moment that Pat Robertson and John Cardinal O'Conner do not laugh at their respective sheep who shear themselves for their benefits? How about the pastor at the Florence Blvd. Church of Christ? He'd never throw his weight around when it comes to politics, nooooooo. How about every storefront jaybird preacher who goes to work three times a week thinking "I've fooled them again".
Each go his own way? If you're a Buddhist, I'll let you slide, otherwise it's time to take sides.