This is good. We're narrowing down the problem you have with Dawkins to it's root. Now I understand what part of it you're not getting. The part that Dawkins addresses in his chapter titled: What's So Wrong with Religion? Why Be So Hostile? In it, he talks about the subversion of science. Anyone who values the scientific method will really be upset about that. He talks about religious societies like Afghanistan and it's ilk and the harm of those. Surely, what happens to women there is as bad as slavery. He talks about faith and the sanctity of life. Anti stem cell research or abortions.
He writes about how moderation in faith, those ppl who "use the bible as a guide for their lives, and live a kind, caring and giving life," as you say, fosters fanaticism. "As long as we accept the principle that religious faith must be respected simply because it's religious faith, it's hard to withhold respect from the faith of Osama bin Laden and the suicide bombers. This is the one reason why I do everything in my power to warn ppl against faith itself, not just against so-called 'extremist' faith. The teachings of 'moderate' religion, though not extreme in themselves, are an open invitation to extremism."
Sure, one can bring counter arguments to some of that, as many have, like bin Laden is not like that because of his religion but because of political reasons, but I haven't seen any that are convincing. So I don't know how you don't see even a potential harm in religious belief.
I'm against anything that keeps people ignorant. Good, nice people living good lives based on a fictitious book keeps people ignorant to many things they should know about, and sooner or later will affect their well-being, whether physically or psychologically.
