One reason why religion is a load of bollox.

[Baloo]

Propping up the churches and other places of worship could be argued to interfere with the lives of other people

Homosexuality , women priests, gay marriage

Do you think it was the power of the congregation that made the church more Liberal?

I think it was the pressure from non religious society

The Anglican Church now has women priests ........that was down to society . If the church had its way it would have kept the status quo and no progress would have been made .

We’re talking at odds here. Some religious groups don’t even have churches. My point was merely that there are a spectrum of beliefs, whilst your descriptions mostly apply to a specific type of religious believer, of which there of course many. The evidence is out there.