Thanks for that!
I've gone back and forth on just what I think about religions. Right now I think it's important to acknowledge the good in religions. And really, is it all that surprising that religions are responsible for some bad things, too? Name one thing that humans have been involved with, that hasn't been misused...

I've gone back and forth about Christianity a few times as well. If it's true that Christianity includes the belief that we will all end up in heaven (universal reconciliation), then it's hard to find fault with that form of Christianity (some protestant believers also accept that universal reconciliation is the case).