• Eggyhead@artemis.camp
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    1 year ago

    I imagine there’s also an aspect of instilling a culture of shame around something that constitutes as a basic human need. That way people will invariably have at least one basic “temptation” to crawl into church to plead forgiveness over before seeking deeper religious indoctrination.

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      1 year ago

      And do that whole confession thing which would surprise me a lot if it turned out was never used for leverage.