The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

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

Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the infrastructure of the economy, especially electronic communications.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization.