Is religion a force of good or evil? A controversial question at times, but one that can't be avoided in the modern world. From violence and terror, to gender equality, to science, reason, and education - the faithful and the faithless tend to repeatedly clash over whether religion is a net positive or negative, whether it helps humanity more than it hurts it.
"Religion is both a force of good and evil because religion is a man-made institution, and human beings are both good and evil," says Reza Aslan, a scholar of religion and best-selling author.
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