First, Do No Violence! We need a Hippocratic Oath for All   Religions. A promise of no violence for religious beliefs or purposes, including; bombings, shootings, pedophilia and other sex abuse, proprietary rights over females, intimidation and other violence to the soul. After all, if God needed violence done for His/Her purposes, He could surely take care of it Him/Herself!

The most recent revelations of rampant - think of that, undeniably rampant - sex abuse of children within the Catholic Church, and cover-ups that appear to be traceable all the way up to the current Pope, should be enough to outrage any human being.

And that is truly the tip of the iceberg.

 Last year, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews rioted in the streets of  Jerusalem,  throwing stones and scuffling with police. The violence-worthy issue? The matter of parking and driving on Saturdays.

Around the world, violence has erupted between different Islamic factions. And between Islamic extremists and 'infidels.' Christian factions have bombed each other, and Christian extremists have shot abortion doctors. Fear and intimidation are hallmarks of religious extremism in every part of the world.

Violence for religion is terrorism for an interpretation.

We need to steer the world away from the insanity that different interpretations of religious texts, different beliefs, are to die or kill for.

Within each religion, we need that vast majority of members to insist on discussing, and denouncing, religious violence within their own faith.

Humanity should be better than this by now. In today's world of technology and communications, we should be able to end this particular insanity.

As with other motivations for like actions, intimidation and violence in the name of God is always abhorrent, unjustified, and illegal. The perpetrators are criminals, to be exposed, denounced, and prosecuted at every opportunity.