I read this in a book the other day and thought is was interesting.

"Even if you think you hold the ultimate truth in your hands, there is no guarantee that you will escape from evil. More violence has occured in the name of religion than for any other reason. God handed down the truth, and the Devil said. "Let me organize it."

Organized religion has its good points, but by and large it has been a failure.

"Idealistic and loving people who would never harm another have found themselves in the maelstrom of war. Faiths that preach the existence of one God mount campaigns to kill infidels. Religions of love devolve into into partisan hatred of heretics and those who threaten their faith." ---> Deepok Chopra

Why does this happen is my question?

Is evil really that powerful?