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I dont understand how individuals trained in charitable religions also prove to be the most bigoted. How can this be?

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I dont understand how individuals trained in charitable religions also prove to be the most bigoted. How can this be?

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This is a curious outcome that is not intuitively obvious from religious doctrine. It appears that some religions may inadvertently encourage what social psychologists call in group vs. out group discriminatory practices. I and all who are like me are superior. Those who think differently than I do must be inferior. Therefore, I can justify unfavorable treatment of them.