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Collapse pushes some people toward religion because they seek comfort, story, and explanation as the world collapses around them.
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Collapse pushes some people toward religion because they seek comfort, story, and explanation as the world collapses around them.
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Jiang answers that powerful imagination works like writing or television: trained through education, reading, dialogue, and debate, it brings others into a created world.
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As regions consolidate, separate hero stories consolidate too; bureaucratic priests then add moral messages so stories control the people and discipline the king.
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Jiang says oral stories survive by becoming more exaggerated, colorful, funny, and memorable; without that color, stories are forgotten.
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A powerful story maximizes subconscious coordination because it frames the world and supplies a script for behavior.
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Jiang says the three most memorable human stories would be Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and the second coming of Jesus.
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Christian Zionism is powerful because it fuses these stories into a script that answers where humans came from, why they are here, and where they are going.
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The artistic transition from classical Greece to medieval Christianity to Renaissance can be understood as a move between story, idea, and revived story: Greek sculpture invites imaginative participation, medieval Christian art demands submission, and Renaissance art returns the viewer to living drama.
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"...them and they are looking for comfort. They're looking for a story. They're looking for explanation. And so they turn to religion. Okay. Does..."
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"Okay. So, this is something that a normal person cannot do. Okay? This is someone who has an imagination can do. Right? So, think..."
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"...kingship through these acts of heroism that's related to you in stories. Okay? That's the first step. Second step is what happens is that..."
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"Okay? And then over time what happens is that these stories become consolidated combined together to form a new story okay? Harvard's most legendary..."
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"...to pass it and the students are like that's a great story. Okay? What happens over time is that because it's a great story..."
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"...make it even more memorable. If you don't do that the story becomes forgotten. Okay? So, the only way to keep the story alive..."
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"...rescue him. Okay? Alright? So, this is what happens naturally. The story becomes funnier the story becomes more colorful more detailed more exaggerated so..."
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"...it or not, the answer is to have a really powerful story. A powerful story. It's a way to frame your understanding of the..."
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"...we will discover is that most people will have remembered three stories. The first story is Plato's Allegory of the Cave. The second story..."
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"...the Cave and the crucifixion of Jesus, it's really just one story. The second coming of Jesus is really compelling because it's marking the..."
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"the power of these three stories, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the crucifixion of Jesus, the second coming of Jesus, it's really helping us..."
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"...a transition from a focus on ideas to a focus on stories. So what do I mean by that? Let's look at some classical..."
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