I am an atheist. I cannot have any experiential views on religion since it isn't a part of my life. I will explain why I am an atheist with some fairly technical terms, however, it is not my intention to confuse.
There are quite a few reasons for my lack of belief. Almost all modern religions have evolved from a previous religion. Religion has a tendency to be anti-intellectual; having "faith" instead of knowledge. Religion is hypocritial sometimes, with the god(s) alternately telling people to kill the unbelievers and to tolerate all people. Religion leads to prejudice, as it separates people into groups.
If you compare elements of modern religions to primitive ones, you'll find many similar things, especially in rituals. For example, the gift-giving part of Christmas was adopted from the Roman's Saturnalia, where they had the same practice. In fact, our Gregorian calendar, invented by monks, even has the first two days of the week named after the Sun and the Moon, which is and even more ancient practice. Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and even a little bit of Buddhism are based on Zoroaster's teachings. If we can prove ancient religions to be false, can we not say that modern religions have simply become more flexible?
The burning of books, a symbol of knowledge, is considered an atrocity today. Yet it has been done countless times in the past, and the main reason for most of these burnings is religion. Books of previous or opposing religions, or even of atheism, have been burned because they were "infidelic". Even today, the Catholic church has a list of books that its members "shouldn't read" for their blasphemy. This is just one way religion has restricted knowledge, as I know many Christians who say things like, "Let God take care of it, you don't need to know." Who is God to tell me what I can and cannot know? If religion truly is freedom, I don't see how.
If somebody came up to me and asked, "Do you love God/Allah/whatever?", and I said yes, they would most likely start a conversation with me. However, if I had responded with a negative answer, they would either try for conversion or just go away. Granted, they don't always go for conversion immediately, but just about every person who doesn't know I'm unconvertable has tried. Most Christians gravitate toward Christians, it's the same with Muslims, Hindus, and a lot of other religions. It goes the other way too; I think Christians and Pagans have a score to settle, even now. I don't really care what religion someone is, though I don't really like people who get a little too religious. Religion, combined with ignorance, creates boundaries.
Buddha's teachings are the least guilty of these crimes, probably since it focuses mainly on introversion and the self. There's no commanding force in Buddhism, so no mistakes there. East Asians usually find that knowledge is the path to enlightenment, so I'm sure that anti-intellectualism doesn't happen much. Actually, a lot of things that Buddha said were helpful and harmful to the soul, or psyche, we can prove now. I really don't know this religion's history for acceptance of other religions. The only thing that keeps me from announcing my title as a Buddhist is the karma/reincarnation part. This is just something I cannot believe in.
Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism I will sort of lump together since they have so many similarities. One thing is evident, these people can be pretty intolerant at times. As for anti-intellectualism, from my knowledge, Christianity and Islam are tied for first. Many religious book burnings were the acts of these people. They all have a common origin in Mesopotamian religion. Overall, they're basically the same, so they have the same faults.
So, in conclusion, this is what I find religion to be; anti-freedom. This is what I love most about life, the ability to make choices, and I will not let something stand in freedom's way.