When you make people follow bunch of rules that nobody else follows, you need some kind of carrot to dangle in front of them. Salvation and afterlife rewards don’t cost anything and there’s zero chance you need to pay up or get called no your bullshit. Win-win.
Apocalypticism will always be in fashion.
When you make people follow bunch of rules that nobody else follows, you need some kind of carrot to dangle in front of them. Salvation and afterlife rewards don’t cost anything and there’s zero chance you need to pay up or get called no your bullshit. Win-win.