**So is it better to have a small group of elites decide for everyone else what they must believe?**
You might want to check your numbers on the Catholic Church — largest denomination as far as I know.
I don’t know why you don’t think of Christ as an elite? Heck, he came from a small town, was the son of a carpenter; the men he called were not elites either: fishermen, tax collectors, etc.
These are the beginnings of the CAtholic Church in the Bible — don’t you agree?
Wow... there it goes again... someone attributing ideas and words to me that I did not produce.