I had a thought last night about politics and religion and the difference between them. I have always thought of politics as a kind of secular religion. People become committed and passionate adherents of one political doctrine or another. They will even make war and commit violence to attain political means.
But even more than that, partisan politics makes you narrow minded in a different way.
In politics, people focus on the evil in particular groups.
In religion, people focus on evil itself.
The truth is that politics gives you one blind eye.