From Publishers Weekly With the most common finding that more violence than good has been committed in the name of religion. The terrorist attacks of 11 September and the continuing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians confirm that age old adage. The professor of religion at Wake Forest Kimball has made something of a career to talk about how religion is evil. Every religion has the ability to work, either for good or evil, and argues that there are five warning signs that we recognize religion when moving in this direction. Whenever a religion emphasizes that it holds the absolute truth-the way to God or the only correct way of reading a sacred text other than the truth claims of all other
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