Awful things have always been done in the name of God. The worst things! Some were even motivated by good intentions. It's kinda like politics. Good intentions, honest people, true believers are all players who have tipped their hands. Dead money. The users will exploit them every time in anyway they can while they all shout "Trust me!" The users and abusers in religion(s) only want what they can get in the temporal world because they don't really believe in God, a god, any god or any principles of enlightenment. It's almost enough to turn anyone with a brain away from organized religion (or politics).

However! If you have tapped into the real thing, you understand this. In the Christian context this is known as the spirit of the anti-Christ and head of the corrupt world system (enumerated in Daniel and the Apocalypse). Well, I am ranging a little far of field. I think I will drop the esoterica and theology and try to stick to the topic at hand, if I post anymore to this thread.

Here's another reason to believe in God. God is a personal God, a constant companion, a real friend who will never leave you high and dry. It pays to know people in high places!