What I haven't quite figured out is why every single organized religion goes out of their way to hide the pedophiles when they find them instead of just giving them over to the police. They all do it (except for the ones like the episcopals that don't care if their preachers are gay or married or gay married). But I don't get why.
That's easy. Revelation cults are - at best - evolutionary useful mind viruses that prevent people from becoming nihilistic or toxically hedonist and help position individuals in useful positions, such as father and mother of (many) children.
The problem with revelation cults is, well, that they are _revelation_ cults. Meaning they perpetuate the - very often bullshit and very easily abused - concept of truth by revelation not truth by insight and reason. This means they are very useful in putting people (often excess men with no sweatheart to call their own) in power who otherwise wouldn't have any or not nearly as much. That's why when some buddy in a cult abuses a child there is a veil of silence because calling out the crime would rub off on every member or that cult. Collectively preaching non-sense and avoiding/shunning reasoning helps strengthen this sort of toxic solidarity. This is a very similar reason to why abusive nuns get to torture young "lost" ladies. It's a lot about power and maintaining it.
