Oh this again.

Look, people were scoring points before there was a 'Slam Dunk.' People would still score points if there wasn't a 'Slam Dunk.' Lebron James would still be the king of basketball if there wasn't a 'Slam Dunk.' Western civilization and middle-east civilization would still have fought, lots of times, if there wasn't religion involved. Tools are tools. We rally around flags just as easily as we rally around crosses. Men have killed each other since before we discovered fire. Religion is a scapegoat that people use to forgive the blemishes of human nature. Evolution, god, the devil, take your pick on why -- we are brutal, ruthless creatures when we want to be.