Re:The Ultimate Market (Score 1)

Or you could just have biased views about Christianity.

Faith is NOT belief without criticism. It is belief in something that cannot be proven, but that you believe AND that resists all logical attacks against it. It is very much belief WITH criticism.

Examples? Try reading C.S. Lewis. He wrote thousands of pages purely on the logical aspects of Christianity. He's not perfect, but there's lots of valid analysis of Christianity.

Or just try walking in on a good Bible Study. People spend 2-3 hours every week carefully analyzing the Bible, interpreting its message, deciding if/how it is relevant in today's society.

I have not yet met a Christian who has never doubted their faith - just about every person has, but because Christianity IS valid, they have all ultimately come to that conclusion.

Finally, you make yet another sweeping generalization when you say religious institutions are increasingly commercial. Christian charities are mostly completely separate from Christian for-profit companies, who are rarely actually supported by a church. (a good example is Christian music. Everyone I know has different preferences - no church would support one band!)