I was moved to express my frustration at faith based initiatives and attempts to get people to accept results of, say, elections.

I guess my point, expressed with a tinge of sarcasm, was that large swathes of the population don’t operate along rational, systematic, enlightened lines. This seems especially true of people in positions of power. They have more to lose.

Some memes are strong and hard to dislodge.

Were you hoping for specific, causal factors in response to your post?