@judgedread @VikingWays This is the conventional, exoteric understanding of church. It has very little to do with "religion" and a direct and deep relationship with god.
It simply is a control structure on which to build fairly internally stable societies, and a way for beta-males to secure leadership positions by exploiting the gullibility of the masses.
Real religion is for ever deeply presonal, subjective, and impossible to directly communicate to others.