Freedom bandhu you seem to be so indoctrinated with the fetters of religion that you subconsciously categorize atheism as another religion! There is a big hole in your logic that athiests have killed more than religious fanatics so it's better to be religious than atheist.

It is the same kind of logic as saying car accidents kill more people than gun shooting so cars should be banned.

The basics of religions may teach people to be good, but instead of being a moral grounds to help humanity, it has become more of a competitive grounds where different religious groups compete with each other. If you look at it objectively, most religions are nothing but stories passed down through generations. Human beings must have a serious need for belonging to continue to believe in these stories as if their lives depended on those stories. In order to feel as if they are part of a bigger cause and not just another ant that gets squashed on the ground, they have make believe stories that make them part of a bigger picture that of God, and how happily they are willing to foresake every basic rule of humanity to be part of the bigger picture and to prove that their own believe of religion is better than that of others' belief in their own religions.