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.

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

If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.

Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other.

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.

Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.