On the religion thing, it seems to me that mankind (in general) has had religion from the year dot. There have always been gods, demons, majic etc, no matter what the society or race. Even the oldest and most genetically unique, the Australian Aborigine, had a system of illogical beliefs.
My conclusion has been, maybe humankind in general needs to believe there is some greater power than us, for some reason I can not fathom.
However another's beliefs, no matter how illogical I find them, are not of a particular worry to me, until they start impacting to the detriment of my life.
BTW, most hospitals in NZ are named after the area or city they are in, one exception is Starship Childrens Hospital in Auckland. Those with religious names are usually private, ie you pay, and run by some religious organisation. So, I can't agree that hospitals were started by religionists, well at least not here, but by humanitarians, some of whom may have had conventional religious beliefs.
