Quote Originally Posted by stangstevers View Post
We are wired to live in societies (with limits) of like-minded and similar people (we seek similar people and want to "hang out with them" and fight against other groups who aren't like us), it's in our DNA and how we evolved - we are social creatures. Because of this evolution we do not go on killing sprees and rob each other blind (for the most part). Religions are actually bad because it's selected morality. A lot of "good" religious people are those who ignore most of their religions, they pick and choose what to follow. It's funny when someone says religion is needed for morality - what morals are the persons using when they elect to follow "love bla bla bla" instead of "kill bla bla bla"? Which most religions will have in their books (not just islam). These "moral" religious people are just using judgement based on evolution, not divine intervention.
As animals in nature, we're wired to be tribal....not unlike wolves/dogs being pack animals.