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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prophecy is a related narrative-building function. (note: "prophecy" meaning telling the future is a hilarious example of linguistic drift; what a prophet does is harangue people about how bad they are and how the gods are gonna get them. always true sooner or later!)
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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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