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[quote=Anonymous]I've actually thought about this a lot after some people that I thought were good did and said some horrendous things that hurt people that I love. 
I came to the conclusion that these ARE good and loving people, yet they became convinced that the things they did and said were also good things (despite them hurting people) and that their religious beliefs are how they became convinced of that.  
It is something that has taken me 2 years to accept, and to see the loving parts of those people again, and to forgive them in a a way, and to understand that yes, religion can convince people that doing something bad can actually be good.   It does not eliminate the tremendous hurt that we will live with now because of them, but it does give me some peace that the friend that I once loved is not an evil person trying to hurt us, but just someone indoctrinated into a belief system that taught the things she did is "loving" someone.  
Even people who commit violence in the name of religion are doing it because they became convinced that it is a good thing that their god wants them to do. 
Of course, as an atheist, I believe that it ALL is explained by human behavioral psychology, including becoming indoctrinated in the first place, but yes, I agree with the statement by Steve Weinberg. 
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