It can also promote extremism, even terrorism. This is where faith becomes a badge of identity in opposition to those who do not share it, a kind of spiritual nationalism that regards those who do not agree – even those within a faith who live a different view of it – as unbelievers, infidels, and thus enemies.
不幸的是，宗教带给人们的不仅仅是怜悯和同情。它同时也会催生极端甚至是恐怖主义。此时信仰摇身一变成为了某种身份定义的符号，借以反对那些没有这身符号的人，最终演变成一种精神上的民族主义，将那些拥有不同意见的人——即便他们笃信同一宗教——视为不信教者，视为异教徒，并因此与之为敌。