The Poisonous Mixture of Religion and Government

I read today that civilian Christians are being attacked and killed in Mosul, Iraq. One report blames the Kurds. Conservative Islamic groups condemn attempts by the secular Iraqi government to sign a new US military mandate, and threaten violence. Afghanistan and Pakistan are ripped apart by conservative Islamic militia. These Islamic militia are murdering peaceful village elders in the tribal areas of Pakistan in an attempt to destabilize civic structures.

A born again Evangelical president of the US states he knows God is beside him in his decision to invade a country that has not physically attacked any US citizen or US facility. Drug wars that rip societies apart and drain governments of precious revenues needed for civic improvement are justified in moral terms by both secular and theocratic governments.

Thousands are tortured and executed in the sixteenth century to purify the one true religion of Christ. Europe is ripped apart and hundreds of thousands die over two hundred plus years in the theocratic pursuit of the “one, true way.” Europe is again ripped apart and millions die in a “racial purification” that targets members of a religion as a “racial” group.

How long is this madness to continue? Would God create life and “intelligence” only to destroy it in pursuit of some kind of “perfect purity” that differs from one mad sect to another? How could any sane individual believe such intellectual/emotional poison?