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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Religion and patriotism do not mix. Patriotism creates 'us' and that philosophy excludes the rest of mankind. 
 [b]Religion is for all of mankind (or at least supposed to be)[/b].[/quote]

That's so cute and wonderfully naïve. Religion has always been about "us" vs. "them," from the polytheistic times to modern day.

Have you actually read the Old Testament to read about what the Israelites did to Caananites allegedly on orders from God? And then there were the Crusades to "drive the Infidel from the Holy Land."

Even if you're not talking about a "kill the adherents of the other religion," proselytizing religions like two of the three Abrahamic religions, is all about setting up us vs. them.

2 Corinthians 4:4 "In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

The Bible teaches that there is no other way to salvation than through Christ. Jesus says in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

In other words, there's "us" and then there's those heathen "non-believers" over there who we need to convert to believing our way so they can be "saved."

Then, even without political motivations, you have the individual schisms within Islam (Sunni vs. Shia) and those within Christianity.

There isn't much that is more divisive in this world than religion. 
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