Has Wing Chun become a Religion or is it Still a method of Selfdefense?

Give and take with this art Wing Chun should never be practiced as a foundation in anyones martial art. The concepts in Wing Chun are beautiful, but the 'pure' techniques of Wing Chun are easily outcled by your average boxer. Practicing Wing Chun for the sake of Wing Chun is okay, but if is wise to pick and choose which techniques work best for you and move on. Pure practitioners of Wing Chun are usually ridiculed by most modern day martial artists (It's 2009 people, not branching off and mixing up your martial art will leave you left being in a sea of people who can fight you while clinching, standing and on their backs.) as the style alone is weak as a whole.