In 1486 Aztec leaders in Mexico cut out the hearts of 20,000 live victims, allegedly to please a god. In the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, French Catholics killed thousands of Protestants, even smashing embryos which had been torn from the wombs of slain mothers. In 1830 in India a male child was beheaded every Friday to appease the goddess Kali. In 1985 Sinhalese troops in Sri Lanka killed 150 Tamil civilians. A teacher's wife was breast feeding her baby when soldiers killed her, and then shot off her baby's toes for target practice.
Divisive religion ends up in mutual self-destruction.
In the Fourth Crusade Christian Catholics killed Christian Orthodox in a savage revenge of earlier killings. In modern Ireland Protestants and Catholics vie as to which can be more un-Christian towards the other. On the other hand, unitive religion has produced unparalleled heights of love, compassion, and forgiveness. Churches, schools, hospitals, and orphanages have served mankind's urgent needs when religion is on the right track. Hindus and Buddhists agree that whoever lives a good life, no matter what his faith, is on the path to God.