You know Eliza, if you can keep your faith without blind adherence to a controlling organisation, you have won and they have lost.

Most people who profess a faith are too good for the scheming multinationals masquerading as religions. I was at a service last Sunday, (Methodist) and if you ignore asking my niece and her husband to fear God (christening) it was all good fun. Not my cup of tea and better as a metaphor than to take the chants and words at face value but I can well understand people looking forward to going.

You mention the rat trap lurking under the cheese. If you can nibble the cheese anyway, good luck to you!