If you see religion as something good, or even neutral, to humanity, then of course there is (I would probably say was) a mismatch between the claims and the ob

If you see religion as something good, or even neutral, to humanity, then of course there is (I would probably say was) a mismatch between the claims and the objectives. If you see religion as an overall bad influence - more specifically, as "the opposite of understanding", then both are (were) aligned.