Ignorant humans are the ones who mostly are devout in their religions. Their ignorance is that they believe in fallacies. Faith does not need proof, hence everyone can make thier own truth according to their own beliefs. Hence religion remains the most divisive force in human history. They are only now reaching the magnitude of worldwide clash as never seen before. One prime example how religion makes people blind and has actually no basis on truth comes from the story of breakaway factions of Episcopalians in Virginia. The exerpt from NY Times today:
In Virginia, the two large churches are voting on whether they want to report to the powerful archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, an outspoken opponent of homosexuality who supports legislation in his country that would make it illegal for gay men and lesbians to form organizations, read gay literature or eat together in a restaurant. Archbishop Akinola presides over the largest province in the 77-million-member Anglican Communion; it has more than 17 million members, dwarfing the Episcopal Church, with 2.3 million.
If all eight Virginia churches vote to separate, the Diocese of Virginia, the largest Episcopal diocese in the country, will lose about 10 percent of its 90,000 members. In addition, four churches in Virginia have already voted to secede, and two more are expected to vote soon, said Patrick N. Getlein, secretary of the diocese.
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