vermeil_kisser on Nostr: It's mostly to keep criminality down. Like, to give men fear of something greater, so ...

It's mostly to keep criminality down. Like, to give men fear of something greater, so that they steal less, rape less, etc.
Andrew 'Cuckold' Wilson would say that all societies need some theology, and that, even in the USSR, figures such as Stalin would become the "gods" of the nation. Same case for Mao and China from his time.
Oh well.