I assume survival is a bare minimum threshold goal of every institution, so yeah, a pretty low bar. And yet, who has managed to succeed at that for 2000 years? The fact that the Church has succeeded in that goal for 2000 years is, at a minimum, a pretty damned impressive feat of mere humans. Some could consider it to be some evidence that the Church might have some divine guidance. 2000 years as a viable institution with a continuous chain of authority back to the founding individual is pretty damned unprecedented and amazing.
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