Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130506192751/@comment-6134883-20130508152911

Faith is the most powerful defense against Chaos, reasoned disbelief clearly did not work.

The centralized and controlling Ecclesiarchy is as corrupt as any other bureacracy but on the other hand heresy is not simply a difference of opinion but a potential entry for Chaos gods making some kind of 'quality control' necessary. Like everything else in the 40k-verse there are no simple answers.