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This topic has wandered into several areas of particular interest to me. Quotes are P.E. Shang, unless noted otherwise.

I think that has more to do with religion denying the idea of other Homonids than it does with xenophobia.

I'd interpret that as religion being used to justify the xenophobia.

In all of human history there is far fewer years of peace compared to years of war

"It was the will of our ancestors that the gateway of Janus Quirinus should be shut when victories had secured peace by land and sea throughout the whole empire of the Roman people; from the foundation of the city to my birth, tradition records that it was shut only twice [by Numa and Manlius], but while I was the leading citizen the Senate resolved that it should be shut on three occasions.
[Augustus, My achievements 13; tr. P. Brunt and J. Moore]

For comparison (not a very good one mind you but it makes the point) we may debate what a rock is made of (quartz, gypsum, granite) but we do not debate the rock

This whole thread has been from a Western viewpoint; several Eastern philosophies would claim that the rock, along with all the rest of our perceptions, is an illusion.

Psychologists are not here to take away god

In my experience, they don't deal with religion very well, though. I've had therapists tell me my religious faith interferes with the treatment of my clinical depression. (And I'm not from a denomination that trusts faith more than medicine.)

What is IMHO anyway?

In My Humble/Honest Opinion; IMO, adding the H is pretentious in either meaning.

(Quarian Rex if you were hunting for your hungry clan and some madman jumped out and started yelling that cows have feelings too you would probably club the man over the head to end his misery and then take the cow back to your hungry family.

More Western thought. A devout Hindu would consider eating cows blasphemous.