I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing. In one way, church membership can bring stability and a feeling of belonging to the minds of some people. In another way, it's quite the opposite- bringing out the feeling of being 'special' 'right' and everyone else is 'wrong'. And the 'Other', and the 'Other' is always the 'enemy'. That, often church-led thinking. is extremely divisive to society as a whole.