"It's all well and good saying we have to respect people's religions, but their religions, used in place of medicine, can get people killed." History indicates that many people would rather die than live in a world where they are not free to believe whatever makes the most sense to them at that time - and I am including atheists in this, belief is belief regardless of what it encompasses. The logic that people should be denied the right to exercise absolute freedom of belief in order to save their lives closely mirrors the fanatic's belief that one is better off dead than living in sin or against the will of God - both in fact have nothing to do with God/s or their non-existance, and everything to do with our primal need to force our own values onto other humans. I'm always saddened to read people blaming religion for all ills whilst spouting the exact same kind of dogma in support of atheism - I put it to you that it doesn't matter a toss what anyone believes, so long as they're not trying to shove it down other people's throats, or make major life decisions on their behalf because they are "delusional."