I would be very glad to reveal the roots of these "opinions" as the fundamentalist tenets of indisputable faith that they truly are. Because then at least (at last) it would be a honest discussion. But the thing is, they (the fundamentalists) know that they would totally lose the argument the instant they say "because God said so" as everyone else realizes that isn't a valid argument for anything... so they couch their words and twist everything around in a bid to make their insanity seem rational. The problem is that they start with a conclusion, and try to shape the world around their viewpoint, instead of looking at the world and coming to a conclusion that makes sense based on evidence.

So there's a couple things necessary for a valid opinion - it has to regard a disputable truth, and it has to have a basis in reality.

The thing is, I'm fairly convinced that religion is on its way out. More and more people in the world are waking up and realizing they don't need it... when fundamentalists say that they are persecuted, and that their values are being attacked - they're right! Because fundamentalism is losing ground all over the world. Why else would fundamentalists from all religions be working so hard to preserve their ways and impose their will on everyone they can? Societies letting go of religion is a natural consequence of increasing wealth and education; for the first time in history, we have enough resources available to actually eliminate extreme poverty all over the world... and that is the biggest threat to religion ever.