Reading Avery Finnivan's post about religions being strict, and a friend who isn't allowed to be friends with someone of different beliefs really got me thinking about all religions.

When do "religions" and religious figure heads go to far. This brings me back to Jesus, and how what he was trying to teach has been altered and changed from the notion of equality among all men and woman to Christianity with thousands of rules.

Can what was originally purpose be twisted so far that the main point is actually erased? Do the wrong people become religious figure heads and alter the original message to make people act a certain way? You could even ask the same thing when it comes to news media. People are smart and know how to get reactions from the mass crowd. Scaring them into behaving.