It has always been my observation that when you look at every religion and boil it down to its core, they are all the same. In very basic terms, every religion say, “Do good for the world, treat yourself, your neighbor, and your ‘higher power insert here’ with respect.” Even the atheists that I know go by this same core value (with the obvious exclusion of the higher power) We have fought and killed in the name of religion, when that is not what religion is, that is not what faith is. Killing is hatred, and has no place in a religious forum. Even the story of King Arthur has been twisted over the years, to fit various religious purposes. At a time when it was being seriously debated if women had souls, monks got their hands on the story, and twisted Morgan la Fey into a heinous bitch, who was always trying to kill Arthur, when in the earlier version, her only role was healing King Arthur. They created an adulterous affair between Guinevere and Lancelot, making them die of shame, broken heart...etc... the list goes on and on. They used the story to express their own moral ideals. Religion, when we see it as a barrier between us and ‘everyone else’ only serves to destroy us, and destroy any decent thoughts of the generations past.My point was simply that when we allow ourselves to be blinded by religion, when we fail to see our similarities, it kills our humanity. Killing is not humane. The crusades are an excellent example of religion run amok. If you want a more recent example, try Hitler. Religion is a vital part of our lives, whether we claim a religion or not. We still have our own values and thoughts on life. All I’m saying is that when we kill other people or harm other people for the sake of “god” we have lost our humanity, and we only fight for ourselves, it is in no way what ‘insert deity of choice here’ would want. As Camreyn pointed out, we all want the same things from life. We want to survive, to raise our children in a peaceful environment, to be happy, to protect our friends, to find love. Yet, we kill each other for all of those things, when if we simply worked together, we could all win.