Is religion a force for good? When organized religion seeks to teach people how to live and how to appreciate the essence of life, realization of goals is achieved. However, when people are encouraged to commit contemptible and staggering acts in the name of God, it gives rise to immoral things. History supports this claim in many ways but for this writing; the focus is on war and hate crimes. Wars, triggered by organized religion have made their mark in history. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of the plane in Pennsylvania all had a religious connection, radical Fundamentalist Muslim terrorists. Organized religion has created religious warfare. Organized religion is also responsible for many hate crimes. Following the attacks on September 11, many persons of Muslim and Arab descent were victims of hate crimes simply because they shared the same ethnicity and religion as the perpetrators. Religion can also be seen as a force which helps us discriminate between the good and evil .If there were no religion or any commandments then everybody would do what feels good to them and the world would be in a chaos. So religion can be seen as a regulator which regulates the world. Each and every corner of this world has been touched by one or the other religion. Every religion teaches more or less the same things to follow, the path of love, compassion, honesty, truth etc. Love thy neighbor as thyself, the most famous Christian commandment teaches us to love another person and treat him well just like we want for ourselves. Today the world is making advancement in technology and science but this has led to more confusion, stress, rise in crimes and violence. With all these going on how do we follow the paths that make our lives serene, peaceful and better? Bibliography: 1. Harris, Sam (2004). The end of faith: Religion, Terror, and the future of Reason. Retrieved 12 July 2014. Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics, Harris draws on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, and Eastern mysticism to deliver a call for a truly modern foundation for ethics and spirituality that is both secular and humanistic. 2. Harris, Sam (2006).Letter to a Christian Nation. Letter to a Christian Nation" is a rallying cry to rationalists everywhere and should serve as a wakeup call to retrograde Christians eagerly toiling away to displace science with magical thinking, overturn a woman's right to choose, relegate gays and lesbians to second class citizenship, or ensure the apocalypse. Harris presents concise arguments with lucidity, brevity and impact. If you haven't read his prior book "The End of Faith" the thesis of "Lett ...