Is it any surprise that organised religion draws into itself the lonely hearts and the abandoned?

Jesus is not merely an imaginary friend, he is also a fantasy lover.

The enthusiasts of Christ elaborated on the Jewish notion that the body was a source of shame and that women were an inferior breed. Mortification of the flesh became the path of ‘spiritual purity’.

But a triumphant Catholicism happily compromised the fierce strictures of the founders for worldly advantage and predators replaced the puritans.

The consequence is that for two millennia Christianity’s anti-sexual dogma and hypocritical behaviour have inflicted untold damage on the mental, emotional and physical lives of countless millions of people.