Yes, and it is for reasons such as these that man-made religious institutions enjoy such advantages as lesser scrutiny and more tax benefits.
You don't have a clue what you're talking about. *Lesser scrutiny* from whom? Those aren't reasons why they get tax breaks either.
Of course, exposure of their darker sides is beginning to change all that, now.
What darker side of religion? Maybe islam, but Christianity doesn't condone that kind of behavior at all.
And even if it was, since you are proposing the wrong reasons for tax breaks and lack of government interference, that's not the reason all that is changing.
Dark sides, such as trading in indulgences, dark sides such as carving up territory between petty rulers, dark sides such as the very issue that’s confronting the RCC right now. Dark sides, such as almost all of Islam, or any other religion.
There will always be corruption when humans indulge in any activity. Please don’t pretend as if the RCC has never had a tainted history.
If you want to be fanatical about not acknowledging past misdeeds, that is fine, but truth has a stubborn way of revealing itself.
All my past arguments on this thread have been vindicated either by myself, or by others, including the last one regarding the complete incapability of Asia Minor to withstand the Muslim Hordes.
There is no point in carrying out this discussion with you.
Regards,
JCB.