the great divider?

“It is fitting that we honor this great American in a church because out of the church comes the notion of equality and justice. And even though progress has been made, there is more to do,” Bush told the largely African-American congregation.

I’m asking sincerely. Does a sense of equality come out of the church? I’ve never felt that way. I’ve always viewed it as striving to divide the population into the chosen/elect/saved and heathens/sinners/witches. The big three, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all seem to thrive on these distinctions. The one area where I could see it uniting is people with different income levels.