this just seems utterly ridiculous to me. Sure maybe if bashing "religion" on the whole.. but I don't think this applies at all when it comes to critiquing specific religious institutions. There ARE institutions out there responsible for some deeply horrid and nasty stuff going on in the world at the moment as well as in the past... genocide, racism, homophobia, fear mongering, sexism, assimilation, suppression.. Personally I see no problem in people expressing their disgust (or as you word it, "bashing" ) of the institutions responsible for these acts.. And I surely don't think that makes said person "unspiritual" or reeking of irony... it seems those who ignore these things are the fence sitters in my eyes. Call it a fad.. call it whatever you want I don't care.. Its deeper than that and I don't think all who critique religions should be lumped into this category. a lot of what you seem to be doing here is just categorising everybody and everything so concretely that a little thing called circumstance is forgotten. Spirituality and concrete definition are a lost battle from the beginning if you ask me.

If your tired of people bashing religion you might want to take a long nap because its going to continue as long as religious institutions hurt people.