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

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

Some scholars have been arguing that a civilizational clash between organized religions is the next step in human history.

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

Institutions have the pathetic megalomania of the computer whose whole vision of the world is its own program.

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