[quote name='willardhaven']My biggest problem with religion is that it allows some of its followers to justify things like melting children in the Gaza Strip and Afghanistan.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, for every person who thinks their religion impels them to love their neighbor, there's another who thinks that as the chosen people they can do whatever they like to their neighbors.
It's about as schizophrenic as the Bible itself: with Jesus spreading love and peace and Yahweh commanding Joshua to drive the Canaanites from the promised land by the blade of his sword.
Unfortunately, for every person who thinks their religion impels them to love their neighbor, there's another who thinks that as the chosen people they can do whatever they like to their neighbors.
It's about as schizophrenic as the Bible itself: with Jesus spreading love and peace and Yahweh commanding Joshua to drive the Canaanites from the promised land by the blade of his sword.