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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It is not natural to think others are inferior or inherently bad. Religion is not nationalism, no real tribal divinity would not create inferior being who are inherently bad [/quote]

Are you kidding? The essence of religion is tribalism and the creation of "us" and "them."

2/3 of the Abrahamic religions believe that if you don't believe "our way" you're not doing it right and you're not going to Heaven/Paradise.

When you get to the various Christian traditions, Christians call non-Christians heretics, pagans or infidels (with a lot of history of trying to drive the "infidels" out of the Holy Land).
 
In Luke 13:24, Jesus warns everyone to “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” Jesus even says that many will try to enter it and “will not be able to.”  So, according to the Bible, many will expect to go to heaven but Jesus says, in Matthew 7:23 “I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” If that's not exclusionary, I don't know what is.

Within the various Christian traditions you have the Protestants looking down on the idolatrous Catholics (and vice versa) and everyone looking down on the Mormons for, allegedly, not being Christians, and don't get me started on the way people feel about Jehovah's Witnesses. Then there are the "born again" Christians who think they have a monopoly on the "true faith" and that everyone else needs to be "saved."

Then there are those who expect God to choose "their side" in sporting events, praying for God to let them win over the "other side" despite the fact that the other side is probably Christian, too. 
 
Christian sects are based on exclusionary, tribal principles, and those get applied in life and after death.

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