Soul is connected to the earth and its waters. Spirit is connected to the sky and its gasses. Out of the gasses springs fire. It has been observed that the logical extension of politics is war. Once religion became political, the exercise of it, too, could be said to lead sooner or later to war.
War is hell.
Thus, religious belief propels us straight to hell. History unwaveringly supports this view. Not every silty bayou could be drained, of course. They were regarded as mavericks, exotic and inferior. If they splashed too high, they were thought to be threatening and in need of extermination.