It is used to explain away various complicated issues by simple people.
Very kind. Tolerant, too.
I'm sure this type of attitude doesn't contribute at all to the conflicts between the religious and non-religious.
Even so, you can not deny that the invocation of God has come in rather handy for many a crackpot and wannabe despot over the course of history.
Even so, you can not deny that religion has been incorrectly used as a reason for many of the worlds problems.
That is equally true. I do not doubt that religion has been scapegoated for many problems that it did not cause. I do not doubt that religion can be a force for good.
I am merely making the point that religion has its inate flaws and that pointing them out is not intolerance, even if it was worded harshly and rather smugly.
