There is thus a certain plausibility to Nietzsche's doctrine, though it is dynamite. He maintains in effect that the gulf separating Plato from the average man is greater than the cleft between the average man and a chimpanzee.
The most obvious failure of organized religions is surely that almost all of them have made a mockery of what their founders taught.
I agree with Paul that love is more important than faith and hope; but so are honesty, integrity, and moral courage. The world needs less faith and more love and nobility.
The great artist liberates the emotions and recreates the sheer wonder of childhood without surrendering the development of the intellect.