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And what I mean by this is that there are players with goals; e.g. reforming society by instilling beliefs and creating social scripts, creating and maintaining institutions while challenging others, etc. It’s all constructed, it didn’t fall from the sky.gaia.
When you switch from looking at Christianity (and religions broadly) as total myth or, well, religious doctrine, and rather as a political, social and philosophical movement with actors with specific goals taking specific actions it’s much more intriguing