The human body is always treated as an image of society.

The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

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.

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.