Enclave Life Becomes Very Tense,

Inequality Can Have A Bad Downside, But Equality, For Its Part, Sure Does Get In The Way Of Coordination.

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.

Just In Our Lifetime Our Society Has Become Looser And More Private, It Becomes Extremely Difficult To Hold To Any Permanent Commitment Whatever, Least Of All To Organized Religion.

Any Great Organization Can Go Through Sectarian Phases.

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.