boy i like beautiful spirits like yourself and their comments, it's insightful....thanks Dave for passing by...well, im not sure i got you correctly, but what i emphasized on about religion or political persuasions and other Ego sources IF (and i wrote that in bold) it makes one feels superior and better than anyone else, it's normal to be proud being from a certain nationality or some religion, it's the Third Step in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but it becomes wrong if it makes the person feels that he is better than someone else BECAUSE he is from that nationality or holding that religion.

hope i got your point, let me know if missed anything..