A bit like the cultural or heritage Christianity label. I have no issue whatsoever with the cultural heritage of my community being steeped in Christian history. You are what you are.

But we also have choices.

That frightens many people. The rearguard action of the church, in the face of losing influence is quite disturbing. The ones I feel sorry for are the many within the church of England who would embrace the notion of women bishops but the rules mean the vote of the laity dictates that the church remains out of step with reality and wishes to command rather than earn respect of the population they wish to remain in judgement of through the Lords Spiritual.

The position of the Catholic Church in offering sanctuary to vicars who exhibit misogyny is a stain on the concept of following a set faith.

Yet personal faith seems to me to have the direction and purpose of a jelly fish.

No. To be honest, on reflection, keep the tradition, lose the control freakery. Be judged if you must be by your deeds not your affiliations.

The more you wonder what the term blasphemy means, the less you care for the long term future of an ideology that has to exist more and more on merit.