A little faith may help some people through the long dark night, and into the light. Sometimes, faith leads people into the darkest places imaginable (depending on how dark your imagination is). Any sinister action can be justified in the name of God. It doesn't matter if your God is real, imaginary, or something in-between.
You are about to read (or about to delete) samples from my short story collections: "The All You Can Eat Apocalypse", and "God's Not Coming, So Save yourself". Both anthologies warn of the dangers of an American theocracy, and the terrors of corrupted faith. I have also included a new story, which will be featured in the upcoming third book from the series. In these stories, religious conviction only leads to madness and death. This book is in no way an attack on people of good faith, or the God or God's they worship (despite all the nasty deeds they did). These are cautionary tales of dangers of blind faith, and the people who misuse it for their own ends.
If you are entertained or horrified sufficiently by these stories, then please check out my other books. If you find these tales overly disturbing, then pray a bit, because that always works.