“It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.”
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It is only partly true that religion does more harm than good in society. The community makes God into the image it wants, vengeful, or milky sweet, or scrupulously just, and so on.
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
