Does Religion make you nice?

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@Bull Poopie I too was abandoned by my church and the many friends I had there when I left the ministry, I was warned about how hell was going to be so much worse for me than for others because I "knew God". This attitude amongst some of the churches is contradictory to scripture actually Matthew 9:10,13 make this quite clear. I think that most zealous or extreme religionists are the ones that are most guilty of this fact and I think they are the way they are because they take this scripture text literally: 14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14.

The rest of the chapter tells them to be separate from the rest of us, we are those that the bible refers to as those who walk in darkness. Just as darkness and light have nothing in common so do believers and unbelievers. This kind of thinking in my opinion makes Christians think that they are superior to everyone else, it is this mentality that is harmful and divisive in our society.

Regarding the subject matter I don't think your religious beliefs have anything to do with whether or not you are a nice person or not this is an issue about character and personality. I do think that those that are nice in religious circles do so out of hypocrisy in order to earn brownie points with God. Not all of them but some of them in my opinion fall into this category.