Whoa

"Such is the illusion of many well-intentioned people, who think they can succeed where Jesus failed and who think the world is getting better. 'The best ideas are accepted, they find their way into government circles. everyone wants justice. Everyone is for the individual. Everyone comes to man's defense. Everyone is religious. Christian virtues are honored especially by the state. And so the world is converted.' How innocent such people are! Judgment has been rendered once and for all: 'The light came into the world, and the world did not receive it.' There is no use trying again. And if you see the powers of the world so well disposed, when you see the state, money, cities, accepting your word, it is because your word, whether you are only a man of good will or an evangelist, has become false. For it is only to the extent that you are a traitor that the world can put up with you."

Jacques Ellul
The Meaning of the City