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What that "sad" history reveals has little to do with religion and a lot to do with human nature. Mankind instinctively seeks God. We instinctively know that good and evil are not equal. The sad thing is that we are also instinctively greedy, arrogant, self-righteous, angry, etc.... In Christian theology that's described as the "sin nature" of man. Whether you agree with that definition or not, it's an undeniable reality. Mankind is capable of great evil OR great good. We make individual choices every day. Religion has played a part in both, but good and evil were not CREATED by religious belief. Religious belief is only an attempt to define it.