Let us be rational.
No one can address a group of people and please them all. In one case only someone can; if he repeats what all of his audience already know and believe
I am afraid that, as any ruling system in the world cannot survive without corruption of some sorts, formal religious systems (not necessarily Christian) cannot survive without serving, directly or indirectly, their high class (if they are not the high class in their society already).
So, for example, I would be real surprised if I hear, on TV, a local priest (of any sect) who doesn't discuss political matters while he talks about Jesus' Love
People can be seduced into evil using that kind of psychology. It is similar to that of the mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.False religion thinks like that; and we can expect the religions of this world to behave like that, but it's not true.
See Jesus on the Cross. Look at him. Did he say he needed to become corrupt in order to survive? That he needed to fit in with the priestly class of the Jews or the ruling class of the Romans? That his message would not survive unless he allowed himself to be corrupted?
Now consider the time of year when he was crucified. Passover when all the yeast was to be removed. A little leaven leavens the whole loaf. A tiny bit of evil corrupts the whole: If we say we must allow some evil in order to serve the greater good, we are making a bargain with the Devil. We are plucking the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and putting it in our mouths. That fruit is not of the knowledge of good -- and of the knowledge of evil. Adam and Eve knew what good was -- they could see all the works of God in the Garden of Eden. They knew what good was. Eve saw what was good about it!
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.What they did not know, and what we fallen humans know is how good and evil get mixed together -- and how we can justify our evil by saying if we do evil, then good will come. Adam and Eve also knew what evil was. They knew they were not supposed to eat that fruit; but they ate and then offered excuses. They had "good" reasons for doing "evil." It wasn't their fault!
Adam's excuse:
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.Adam blamed Eve. He also blamed God since God was responsible for Eve. Can you see that that is similar to your philosophy that God made the world this way?
Eve's excuse:
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.Not her fault, right? It was all the serpent's fault. She's also blaming God to a certain extent since obviously God allowed the serpent in the Garden.
We ought not impute any error or responsibility for evil to God. We ought not believe God created the world evil the way we see it. We did it, not God. And at times we do it for "good" reasons. In comes the little bit of yeast or leaven when we excuse a little evil for the greater good. Jesus was talking here about how religion can get corrupted:
Matthew 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.The truth is that the reverse is true. The corruption of this world is weak although it looks strong to us; it contains within it the seeds of its own destruction. The truth will last. Error is temporary, truth is eternal.
Recently the Archbishop of Canterbury said that Christianity was threatened in the Middle East. He warned that Christianity might disappear soon. That's what he said.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/30803-archbishop-of-canterbury-says-middle-east-christians-face-extinctionIn the last few years, they have been slaughtered by so-called Islamic State, and in many countries they find themselves squeezed between the upper and lower millstones of pressure on them within society and of conflicts that afflict the region.
Many have left. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes. Many have been killed, enslaved and persecuted or forcibly converted. Even those who remain ask the question, ‘Why stay?’ The Christian population of Iraq, for instance, is less than half what it was in 2003 and their churches, houses and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. The Syrian Christian population has halved since 2010. As a result, across the region Christian communities that were the foundation of the universal Church now face the threat of imminent extinction.I say he's mistaken. The Archbishop might look at the state of Christianity within his own country before trying to look at it in Syria. Christianity is really under the threat of extinction in England more than in Syria. Anglican Churches are emptying out.
November 14, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/14/attendance-church-of-england-sunday-services-falls-againAnnual statistics released on Wednesday by the C of E also showed a decline in the number of people turning to the church for key life events. The church conducted 106,000 baptisms and services of thanksgiving for a new child in 2017, compared with 120,000 the year before; 41,000 marriages compared with 45,000 in 2016; and 133,000 funerals compared with 139,000.
The statistics follow a pattern of fewer people identifying with the church, or any organised religion. Figures published by the British Social Attitudes survey in September showed that affiliation with the C of E was at a record low, at 14% – and down to 2% among young adults. More than half the population said they had no religion.The Catholic churches in the UK would have closed long ago if there weren't immigrants from other countries attending.
So what excuse do they have? Terrorists aren't attacking them. Christians aren't being driven into exile in the UK.
Appearances can be deceiving. I say Christianity is being purified in some places like the Middle East, China and Africa. Only people truly dedicated to the message of Divine Love will continue as Christians. In places like Europe and the Americas, the "rich" form of Christianity is decaying. If they continue to cling to their riches, sooner or later they face sudden destruction.
Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.