>I agree that religion teaches fine principles, but far far too often these become mangled by the preacher/teacher.
I know. Religion, like so many other forces, can be abused.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)