You haven't seen Stalinism, and wouldn't recognize it.Whoa. I don't think anybody was calling you a Stalinist; and if people can't comment on a subject unless they've experienced it closely, how come you're so voluble about God and Churchmen. ;-)
FWIW, take a look at this:
http://beautifulatrocities.com/archives/2005/04/stalins_vision.htmlThe church has since been rebuilt, whereas much that Stalin enacted has since been overturned.
My point, if I need one, is that poor governance models have a short half life. But religions always seem to survive. If you're correct that religions are getting it wrong, perhaps "getting it wrong" is the recipe for success in this crazy world. ;-)
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
