I dunno, Shambles - as far as I can see, your definition of "organized religion" fits my definition of "fundamentalism" - a framework for blind obedience to authority. I would not be employed by very many Roman Catholic parishes to teach your kind of organized religion - but I AM employed to teach my kind.

And yes, there are fundamentalist Catholics who spend lots of money to ensure that their image of church is the one people see in the media, but I still believe my view is predominent in the Catholic Church and most other religious denominations. People who hold my view of church tend to waste their money feeding the poor instead of making wise investments in media coverage.

Almost any kind of large-scale religious community ends up being "organized" - but though organizations do have seem to have a natural tendency toward conservatism, they are not necessarily fundamentalist.

-Joe Offer-