Does religion corrupt morality?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I've noticed that it hardly matters what the religious texts say, all that matters is what people think they say. The two are increasingly not the same.

Just chiming in to say that I disagree with this. 

It does matter what the texts say. If the bible explicitly said homosexuality was okay, and that using condoms was fine, or that it wasn't a good idea to own slaves... well... maybe you can see where I'm going with this.

Well, to be fair about it there are passages in the Bible and in the Koran telling people not to abuse the poor but some people still pee in their faces.  People will always follow their own rules to satisfy their own desires.  Bigots will always use their favorite ethnocentric Middle Eastern Jewish or Arabian religious fairy tale to oppress people they don't like.