People are evil. Institutions cannot be evil, but since all institutions are perpetuated by humans they can seem that way. The real question is whether a partic

People are evil. Institutions cannot be evil, but since all institutions are perpetuated by humans they can seem that way. The real question is whether a particular institution brings out more evil or more good from the hearts of those who participate it in. I can understand how an individual might come to believe a broad class of such institutions are rotten to the core, based on personal experiences, but in the case of religion the weight of history seems to provide a compelling argument that we are better off for it.