How are you surprised? No country has even banned child mutilation on religious grounds.
Religion also gives one near total immunity from laws preventing other people being hateful regressive bigot agitators.
In the eyes of the law the religious are the UBERMENCH above society, of course they maintain power, they’re degreed our infallible GODS beyond earthly morality or secular judgement.
How are you surprised? No country has even banned child mutilation on religious grounds.
Religion also gives one near total immunity from laws preventing other people being hateful regressive bigot agitators.
In the eyes of the law the religious are the UBERMENCH above society, of course they maintain power, they’re degreed our infallible GODS beyond earthly morality or secular judgement.