This is a very interesting article. Not sure I agree with it, but it's very interesting.

slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/14/ecclesiology-for-atheists/

Whoops, I broke the link. Heres a working copy:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/14/ecclesiology-for-atheists/

@Angle I agree with that, except that a hierarchy is utterly opposed to my principles as libertarian (anarcho-capitalist, nightwatchman state, ecological, non-aggression pact, etc. subgroups) and atheist (Hitchens-like, materialist, show me a god and I'll kill it subgroups). So I can't ever have a Church.

Well, sort of. I was in the Church of the SubGenius for a while, but that faded out.

@mdhughes Hmm, interesting. The comments for the article were full of people arguing about whether or not hierarchy was antithetical to libertarianism. I would be curious to know your full opinions as to why, of you have the time? XD