ooli@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoGuess who's backi.redd.itimagemessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down126
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minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·8 hours agoSolid distinction. Religion primed the rubes, and a new godhead told them he is their salvation.
minus-squareBookmeat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·46 minutes agoReligion didn’t prime them. Religion merely exploits the same human psychological weaknesses. This is why they go hand in hand.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-226 minutes agoHmm. Maybe look up what priming (verb) means.
minus-squareBookmeat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 minutes agoI know what it means. I guess I didn’t make my point clear enough, that’s on me. I didn’t think I had to write it for an eli5 audience.
Solid distinction.
Religion primed the rubes, and a new godhead told them he is their salvation.
Religion didn’t prime them. Religion merely exploits the same human psychological weaknesses. This is why they go hand in hand.
Hmm. Maybe look up what priming (verb) means.
I know what it means. I guess I didn’t make my point clear enough, that’s on me. I didn’t think I had to write it for an eli5 audience.