I wouldn't be so ready to condemn all religion. Though your point seems justifiable. The "separation of church and state" is almost always thought of upside-down. It's the state (political power) that corrupts the church. Christianity (and even Islam, to an extent) have enormously blessed peoples lives and shaped Western thought. But then they became political powers and we got the inquisition and intifada. Horror shows that exceeded imagination.
There's a mighty big difference between the Intersectionality of Critical Sin Theory and an intuition that we might possibly be hardwired to sense a Higher Authority, and from that comprehend an impulse towards order and justice as good guideposts for navigating the universe.
I wouldn't be so ready to condemn all religion. Though your point seems justifiable. The "separation of church and state" is almost always thought of upside-down. It's the state (political power) that corrupts the church. Christianity (and even Islam, to an extent) have enormously blessed peoples lives and shaped Western thought. But then they became political powers and we got the inquisition and intifada. Horror shows that exceeded imagination.
There's a mighty big difference between the Intersectionality of Critical Sin Theory and an intuition that we might possibly be hardwired to sense a Higher Authority, and from that comprehend an impulse towards order and justice as good guideposts for navigating the universe.