Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
or at least the people who started them came up with a religious motivation to rally people to the cause.
This is my point. Religion was merey a ploy for someone to rally people to whatever cause fit the persons agenda.
Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
I think it is safe to say, however, that organized religion has been a bastion of xenophobia and intolerance pretty much since ancient people decided to organize it.
Some of it has, but I don't think the grand majority of religion or people who are faithful is a religion believe or follow that. Most religion, if read from the books, is supposedly very tolerant. But then us corrupt greedy people get a hold of it and mess it all up.