Most religions I believe give the human soul a sense of hope and meaning(I am not religiously inclined), it is the human nature and its wrong use of these believes which make some people into fanatics or worse, I think you would all agree that most religious people are not criminally minded or fanatics. Christians are by no means exempt, mayor horrors have been purposed in the name of christian religion as well, for more than 1000 years. It is not so much religion, but how it is used as a means to demean human nature.
