Oh, the reverse is also true. I'll readily acknowledge that the fact that some religious people are dangerous doesn't prove they all are (or even most of them). The problem, I think, is excessive devotion to any cause - could be religion, could be communism, could be racial purity, you name it. In this respect, I don't think religion is any worse than, say, politics. Religion has clearly done a lot of good in the world, IMO, but that doesn't hide the fact it's done some bad stuff, too. Nor does it hide the fact that there are some non-religious people who are complete bastards, and some who have, instead, done a lot of good.
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