Hey Paul, I'm glad to see you didn't leave Medium after all. I understand what you are saying here... but at my mother's church, her long time minister was treated like some kind of a God ...it was like he walked on water....meanwhile.. he led a march to protest the arrival of a Pabst Blue Ribbon plant.. my BIL worked there and it was the first job he had that provided a living wage.. the church turned people away for not being dressed appropriately, some people in the church were treated better than others... etc. It's like high school all over to me. I'm still thinking about a Methodist church. I think I'll get there one day...no more Southern Baptists for me...