Organized Religion, Good or Bad?

[Aesop]

Religion in my book has done nothing good for society as a whole...

Look at the conflicts through out written history that were caused in the name of religion...

Your thoughts?

I have to disagree here. Religion has done a lot of good for society over the millenia. Religion gave us our soul and a huge motivation for trying to better ourselves. Religion in it's various forms has been responsible for art, moral codes, and education for a long time. I mean we have the pyramids, the Greek sculptures, the Aztec and Myan and Incan artifacts. The Native American culture has stories and traditions that are deeply rooted in their religious beliefs.

Now if you're talking about the men and women involved in the higher ranks of the world's leading major organized religions then I can get on board. They've used the spirituality of people and the good intentions of a few men to rape, pillage, and murder in the name of their various Gods for centuries. But religion in and of itself isn't a bad thing.