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.
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People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
A lot of people believe what other people say.
People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.
People believe what they want to believe.
Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.
In the World Wars, people were perfectly able to shoot other people just because they belonged to the wrong country, without ever asking what their opinions were. Faith too is like that.
One either has to believe in a God who's terribly prejudiced, or disbelieve the teachings of such exclusionary theologies. Religions have taught us that 'we are better than they.'
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.
It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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