Further Religious Discussion

So I know this subject has kind of been driven into the ground today but I felt kind of bad because I didn't want it to seem like I was bashing the church or religion for that matter. When we were discussing the importance of religion, I really wanted to push the idea that religion is very important to society. Having a common interest in which people can agree on and bond with each other is necessary for a growing society. And I'm not saying that there is no God or that man made him/her up, the idea of building temples and really worship is however, and that's not a bad thing! One bad thing is that people will hide behind their church and push for what they believe in regardless of whether or not its right. It is not "religion" itself that causes problems for man kind, its man that creates problems for himself. Religion is not something that can be perceived as good or bad, it is not something that can be touched or have any physical matter, its what man decides to use it for, what slander he can come up with to make people do what he wants. Its all a matter of control and power. If a man can control what people believe in then he will have all of the power in the world because he basically would have a zombie army that would do anything he wanted (best example would be Hitler). I now realize that I've gotten off topic, but what I was trying to do was make today's discussion not insulting to anyone's belief because it really wasn't meant that way.