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Of course you should scrutinize a religion for what its followers do. If a religion permits its followers to twist its words into something negative, then the religion is not clear enough, or to some extent, it encourages this. The result of the religion is not simply the information it provides... it is the effect it has on weak minded AND strong minded humans. True faith should not only be available to the already righteous... it should be available to the wicked. And if a religion provdes goodness to righteous people and wickedness to wicked people, then it is flawed. Muslims and Christians can, have been, and will continue to use its "our religion is right" + "they are going to hell" beliefs to kill, slaughter, and provides the wicked a means of political gain. These facts must be absorbed and acknowledged so that we understand that any nationalistic belief system (Christianity, Islam, Nazism, US Patriotism) will result in the eventual lack of empathy towards those not already members.
"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."
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