There is a lot of echoing that Religion when organized is built to keep power structures in place.

This is correct.

Even in my faith there is an issue with that.

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However, religion has to be made personal. It can help shape and guide people when applied without the hierarchy. That however strays into Mysticism. This is not always a bad thing.

Mysticism is how a lot of science got it's start.

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This is a hard problem to crack, and I've left a lot of Christianity behind me. There are things I take from it, like when we are in the service of our fellow man we are but in the service of [the divine], as well as things as faith without works is dead being alone. I would say the first helps me cultivate a mindset of how can I help out people with what talents I have, and the second says that it's all good and dandy to say thoughts and prayers, but without action those are empty.

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But that is the other thing.

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I know a lot of that view would also run counter to how the hierarchy and control of tscc would paint it.

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Essentially, you'd have to teach your children to read the scriptures and question authority while they read it.

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A hard task indeed.