Religion
In reply to the discussion: What Mormonism teaches me about religion [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)Which is my point in the OP.
People are indoctrinated into most religions before they have the capacity to distinguish fact from fiction. And they are told those things by trusted elders. The church is not a family where people can say... oh, grandpa, you're such a freaking sexist asshole! the only reason I associate with you is that I have to b/c you're my family member.
The church is a institution that exists separately from any organic relationship in society. It is a construct that continues as it does because of a social agreement to allow it to continue.
Why continue to agree with organizations that cannot understand that their thinking contributes to human rights violations against various groups?
What's the value in an association with such a group - people disconnect their local experience with the actual experience of the exercise of power that is part of their association.
But that association contributes to harm that some within it supposedly claim they oppose. It boggles my mind.