Throughout history, religion has always played a major role in why people have done things. Man's humanity to man is a theme that repeats over and over, and is motivated by many things. Sometimes it is someone's belief that they are right and anyone who disagrees is wrong. When people do hurtful things, they are always motivated by something that they feel is very important to them. It might be survival, land, power, or fear. Religion is all too often a convenient excuse. But those who do evil things in the name of religion are not serving God and do not represent the majority of religious people.

What can we take away from all these tragedies and learn and use to make the world a better place? Atrocities such as these are not committed by individuals, but by someone who is in power and wants to stay that way. What else?