Oh, I'd also like to add something, before people say that 'religion wasn't created as a weapon'. That may be true, indeed it probably is true, but that doesn't mean it can't be used as a weapon. Take a brick, for example, it's 'true' use is for building things but put in the right hands it becomes a weapon for bludgeoning people with (I'm not sure how putting a half-brick in ones sock and hitting someone around the head fits into this metaphor so I'll just leave that part out).