[svcw]

Mormonism's success suggests that a religion can flourish in spite of rather than because of its founding texts.

Yep.

[updoc1011]

What most people don’t realize is that you don’t even need a god to have a religion. The only reason any religion succeeds is through the acquisition and maintenance of great wealth and political power. God or no god, Remove the money and the politics and you don’t have a religion.