Religion, it is the world's Scapegoat. Be it that the great Infidel, the Godless Pagans, the Pompuos Cathlics, the Fundamentalist Bastards... We all love to look at other beliefs and say, "Look how much trouble THAT has started." It is so easy to say, but religion, a belief, is typically not what is to blame. I think these threads start, typically, so someone can sharpen their axe on Christian faith. I don't think the problem is with religion, it is with the human beings that follow it (or not). People have brought up some horrible tales dealing with missionaries, but is it the religion that is to blame? No. It is usually, the person involved. Any number of people on any given day say that people should do some such or another, "In God's Name". To me, that is one of the closest things to sacrilage in any religion. Man does not know how 'God' thinks. But man does know what 'HE' wants. And religion can be used as a tool, just as a gun, food, sanctions, and money.

I guess what I am saying is... Why blame the religion, that is ignorance. Look into the people that gave the orders... those are the people at fault.