I've been thinking about this a lot recently. There's a feedback loop at work whereby more open-minded people tend to self-select out of organized religion ove

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. There's a feedback loop at work whereby more open-minded people tend to self-select out of organized religion over time because of wariness over issues of dogma. This of course means that those who remain are more inclined to seek dogma as a source of stability, hence the many problems we see in religion today--e.g. the religion of peace having violent tendencies, or evangelical Christianity being downright unchristian in its treatment of marginalized groups (of whom Christ tended to be unconditionally accepting). The problem is that critique from the outside of a group seems counterproductive--there's a raft of psychological evidence that it tends to entrench sides. In national or international politics, it's at least possible--though not always pragmatic--to exert pressure via power (boycotts, protests, laws, sanctions, force, etc.), but when it comes to critiquing a religion (e.g. Christianity), I wonder if there's any better pragmatic solution than evangelizing a more progressive (and christian) form of Christianity.