Hi KT,
You have quite effectively made my argument for me against organization as a whole. Whenever, it seems, men and women gather in support of something, that something slowly but surely becomes secondary to (fill in the blank with any of the following, or add your own for added fun: position jockeying, self-aggrandizement, gossip, judgment, pursuing an agenda that has very little to do with 'something').

I've got enough guilt and fear about my life without any help from Christians, Republicans or otherwise. I agree that faith pushes those to the margins, eliminates them altogether when held tight. But faith, like charity, starts at home. Our first priority, in my experience, must be faith in ourselves...only then can we truly have it in other people, ideas, ideals...