Religion

Why is it that religion, down through the ages and continuing to the present, is used as a vehicle to promote hate and division? Those that claim to believe in the God of Abraham continue to twist the words of the prophets into things that they have never said. Moses, Jesus, and Mohamed have all explicitly stated that it is wrong to speak evil of others, kill innocents, and commit suicide. Rather than listen to others using these holy people to justify their own ends it would help if we went to our respective holy books and read for ourselves what is really stated. The only real thing of value we have in this life is time. Whether we use this time in anger, hate, jealousy and sadness or love, understanding and happiness is our own choice.