I agree, but when I go to church (rarely) and see people chanting, praying and doing strange things and gestures I doubt that is the case for most folks, specially because religion is not a big deal where I live, so there's no need to pretend.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you