Nuclear Take: Ignoring whether or not you (or I) believe it's a good thing, there would be more religious young people if religious texts were in any way accessible.
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I'm trying to reread the major texts this year (and the next). And they're harder to read the the densest sociological texts. Copy of translation of a copy of a translation makes for some dull reading.
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Like, if someone made, New Testament: The Graphic Novel you'd probably get some more interested young people. (Well, and me, I guess, since I love graphic novels.) Free million dollar idea there, folks.
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Historically, religious texts were made to be dense so that lay people were forced to defer to the interpretations of professional clergy. This ensured the political and economic viability of the matter
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