When someone flies a plane into a building, the motivation matters

[Major Nikon]

When an angry mob assembles outside a woman’s clinic, the motivation matters.

When religious organizations lobby governments for the right to discriminate based on gender and sexual orientation, the motivation matters.

When children are beaten into submission, the motivation matters.

When livestock must be tortured, the motivation matters.

I could go on and on with this, but suffice it to say whenever religion is cited as justification for bad behavior, the motivation matters. Even when religion isn’t the motivation for bad behavior, the motivation still matters.

Seems like a rather obvious point to make, but evidently some don’t like to go there. If you want to try to solve a problem, it’s very helpful to identify the problem.