People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's.
Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
I fear it's because religion is man's attempt to reach God, and when he feels he has succeeded, he cannot abide anyone else's claim to have done the same.
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
The habit of religion is oppressive, an easy way out of thought.
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.
So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.