RE: A Deficiency of Patriotism?

I don't believe most religions are a root cause of war, although there is one religion which is the cause of almost all war and conflict. It is so globally pervasive that no one even sees it as a religion. It coexists with, corrupts, and perverts all other religions it encounters. People learn its rites and symbols as children, becoming indoctrinated into its tenets everywhere. Scores of denominations claim to be the One True Faith, and often wage wars with one another, but they all serve the same god. This god is The State, and it demands blood sacrifice. Politicians and false prophets are always eager to use other religions as an excuse if it will sway a theologically illiterate populace, just as they use other divisions to wedge people apart and foment conflict.