The failure of organized religion in the world.

I think this picture summerizes very neatly the reasons why organized religion and particularly 'modern' Christianity is slowly but surely losing its grip on influencing society.

This isn't to say it'll disappear anytime soon. The one thing people who have power fear most, is losing it.

Maybe the reason there is such a decline in attendance, is that people (particularly younger people) have long figured out that these religious leaders cannot 1) even remember their own teachings, and that 2) they cannot adapt to a changing world.

Think I'm being cruel? One of this place's recent signs said 'Forgive your enemies. Nothing irritates them more.'

To me, most religions today are in 'broken telephone' mode. While many of them had teachings and things that people can learn, that knowledge has been transferred so many times through so many generations, that's its meanings are largely lost.