That movie would make total sense to me now. Back then when I saw all the harm that Religion caused, I looked at it as the Christian faith still being real and true, just that certain people who weren't true believers were doing lots of horrible things for their own power or selfish motivations. And that's easier to do when society is pro-Christian and church/state become intertwined - I'm thinking about the Crusades and that kind of time period, but it's still occurring now of course. Because my assumption was wrong, and my religious experiences and knowledge were so strong, moving, and ingrained in me, I had to come up with another explanation for all the horrible things done in the name of religion.
It's so great to have my brain set free to finally look at things without that incredible bias. Obviously, we're all biased in certain ways, but getting rid of that Christian filter that I used for every bit of knowledge that came into my brain has made my mind finally free.

Thanks for sharing. So happy you got through that. I remember being new in my Christian faith & studying all the things about Mormonism (and other religions) that made me think of it/them as a joke logically....but then I'd have some "logical" answer why the contradictory Christian beliefs weren't contradictory. Makes me shake my head now, even though I know why I couldn't see it.
Now I always feel a connection with all who aren't believers and I appreciate their different journeys which are all just as valid as the next. I also hold a very special connections to those of us who had to undo & lose a life's work of passion, love, knowledge, identify, and community to get to their current beliefs. It's not an easy road. I think I lot more people that go to church have a whole lot more doubts about their faith than they share, but it's too drastic of a change to question those things wholeheartedly. Far easier to keep getting the positive benefits to going to church (socializing with people that you've liked, etc.) while keeping your doubts private, than deal with a massive overall to everything you know and to your social circles.
At least I was always a very logical person with a strong belief in fairness, honesty with myself, science, and truth. That foundation helped me chip away at those beliefs that didn't have any basis in fact eventually....it just took a long, painful time. Thank goodness I'm good now. It's amazing the contradictions I could justify back then. It seems so simple now, looking back. But taking away the foundation to everything you hold dear and are passionate about in life was too scary for me mentally & emotionally to just see the truth when I would hear it. It took a long time to slowly unravel things to a point where I could finally see things as they were, instead of NEEDING to see things a certain way. So happy I don't feel that way now. It's amazing what the power of belief can rationalize to keep us believing something that's not true.

You used your brain outside the box,? Ghosh, nobody can own you now.

@MichaelJay Studying the Bible is what makes many people atheists.