Agree on that level.
I am an agnostic, atheist, general unbeliever in any "religious" belief system. But I found the Sikh philosophy interesting and my techie was quite amenable to rational debate of their value system. Other experiences: the worst were the so-called Christians - the only true biblical God etc. Any visit to the Vatican and Rome will quickly disabuse anybody - who looks at the material wealth and implied political power - from the original preaching of Jesus Christ ( as a person ). I also think Judaism deserves respect as a value system. As for Islam - NO separation of church and state  .-( Hinduism ..... too convoluted.
Sikh philosophy may be an improvement over historic misguided Christian missionary zeal embedded in our culture. 
Of course NO religion should influence government policy explicitly. But we still have a separate Catholic School system .-(