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What will happen to the masses if you cut out the foundation of their belief?
What is a god, exactly?
Is it not a derivation of generations of exemplary drama?
Oral tradition, telling only but the most important bits of generations past.
This one warrior defended our culture.
Tell a story about him.
What about the set of 100 warriors from the entire history of our people?
What makes them successful?
Strength? Courage? Respect? Self Control? Humility?
What about the set of 1000 warriors?
Humans can't keep track of that many people. So what do we do?
OBFUSCATE the individual into a meta archetype.
That archetype of the great hero, to an individual culture, IS A GOD OF WAR.
THE exemplary drama to pursue.
Why? Because the collective consciousness and the culture NEEDS to be protected or it will die.
It's social selection. It's selection for information, not biology.
Inf act our biology has evolved to this selective pressure.
Those of us most likely to yield to the group are more successful in surviving.
So what happens when the masses find out that this VERY process is hijacked, corrupted, and controlled by a cult that manages the church?
Western Civilization will rack, and shudder, and moan.
If very well may break.
Where will the people turn to?
Truth, the light, is the best sterilizer.