the concept of sin is a technology for using the populace as a scapegoat for the priests' failure to secure the gods' favor, which would otherwise blow back on the priests at least one irrepressible behavior, preferably many, must be made sinful to ensure availability at need
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when shit inevitably goes pear-shaped, the prophet has already primed the narrative pump with the idea that it's because of the populace's sins, which insulates the priesthood and not incidentally provides the prophet with an enormous horse-syringe shot of moral authority
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