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A truly religious and hierarchical civilization makes itself vulnerable when everyone must worship the priest-king as God's representative, because an outsider can kill that figure and occupy the sacred role.
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A truly religious and hierarchical civilization makes itself vulnerable when everyone must worship the priest-king as God's representative, because an outsider can kill that figure and occupy the sacred role.
"favor of the gods okay they are worthy therefore therefore we must submit them ourselves before them okay and that's how we worship the..."
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