I bet the vast majority thought it a good wheeze to get out of lessons, if that is what you meant by "the ability to come together around an issue and take mass action"

lol

"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."