I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.
Most plays that are missed by the umpire are caused by the umpire not reading those cues early enough and making the proper adjustments.
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

