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As stated in Max Brooks' book, many religiously affiliated persons will flock to their respective areas of worship to pray for safety, forgiveness, whatever... However, most people, do not have an incredibly strong relationship with their dieties and would refrain from going to these places, leaving them to fend for themselves, family, friends, etc... For those who do not leave to seek spiritual guidance, when confronted by a zombie attack and infected, but not dead/eaten, they will eventually find comfort in the knowledge that everyone who became a zombie, will leave their body behind, and their soul will (in many religions) go to a paradise, or continue in a state of some sort of existance. For atheists/agnostics who have no spiritual guidance/lies to take solace in, the thought of being subjected to becoming a zombie, or watching loved ones turn must be feelings of desperation and agony. Any thoughts on the subject of the religion influencing the psyche of those infected?

A.) Zombies don't feel pain, emotion, or think so any type of torture would be ineffective and only increases the risk of personal infection.
B.) Catching and containing a zombie without any infections to the party is a relatively difficult task to begin with. Not to mention locating anyone while attempting to safely defend against or avoid the zombies.
C.) As faced by Shaun, of Shaun of the Dead, he had to dispatch of his own mother, while she was still conscious and in her right mind. The emotional trauma of killing a loved one, even if it's for their own good must be tremendous.
D.) You can't be older than 12 as evidenced by your writing style and exorbitant use of emoticons, so what "enemies" could you possibly have?
E.) The entire issue of this thread was to discuss religious and moral obstacles to a successful zombie dispatch.

No, you obviously haven't read the book featured in your profile and the basis of zombie knowledge for this guild. There is no soul, only mind. Solanum destroys the mind in the process of reanimation so there is no thought, no memory, and no pain.

I didn't even consider the specific passages referring to apocolypses in religious texts. Excellent point, you were correct on your reference to Revelations, although there is some interpretation as to whether the dead will rise and stay on earth, or rise and continue on up into the sky.

I am unfamiliar with other religious apocolypes but since the main three are all gods of Abraham they probably have similar revelations.

I certainly agree with your philosophy and your contribution, while I've never (thankfully) had a near death situtation with someone close to me, in the event of zombification, it would be rampant. Lolz, n00bs.

My religion says the dead will rise at the second coming of Jesus Christ. I'm pretty sure we mean it in a good way though. More of a "The faithful shall be reunited with lost loved ones to witness the return." Not a "The gory masses will try to infect and mutilate all existance so Christ can have a proper welcoming commitee that tries to kill him faster than they did on his first visit." Either way, zombies come, I'm not asking for help from Him other than to give me strength to fight the tides. The pain of having to kill a loved one, I'd have to do it and I hope it would only affect me for a short time. I feel I would be able to fight on. I've lost people close to me and I recovered relatively fast. I would definatly be one of those people willing to raid homes but I wouldn't need to. I have plenty of weapons, large backpacks and camping things (stove, water things and all that crap) and am within 15 minutes walk from 3 large grocery stores and an hours walk of a fourth.
(And because you don't type like a little child we have no issue with you. It's annoying brats we can't stand.)

Honestly I would say that I would have no problem ending others lives. Not because of anger or being freaked out but because I know that those who are close to me would not want me to die an excruciatingly painful death. Nor die in the same manner themselves. I also see things in a very very straightforward manner and would realize that these things only resemble what was a loved one and fellow human. Becoming a zombie means that the earth will be plagued and turn into some strange wasteland and probably all life except tiny animals or cells would die and the evolutionary chain would start up and and some new form of life would proceed to repopulate the earth. Knowing this I can say with certainty that I would have no problems killing every zombie I see no matter who it is that happens to be infected. If I was disturbed it would pass and I would get used to it. Because there is no way in hell I'm letting myself die while being delusional or hysterical. I would also be providing a service to future people or races by taking out as many as possible and lowering the zombie count.