>And when taught and convinced by articulate manipulators (like many religious leaders and politicians) that their way is rightious and the only way to be, fueled by their ignorance, fears, hatred and bigotry, you get terrorists or a people whose first thought and only solution is violence and revenge, even if misdirected..

Hi Elmer.
Yes there are those that go goofy with their religion. Those people are sick and deranged. I argue that people who fall into this group would be that way regardless of what they got involved in.

But not me. I don't even go to church and not very religios. But I won't go so far to say all people of faith are bad. I think most of them are very well grounded and good. It's the few bad ones that give religion a bad name.

Religion that teaches hate and to kill have no place in our society.