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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
@graydon Also worth noting that mind/body dualism correlates with belief in an immaterial/immortal soul, which in turn supports Xtian belief in specific afterlives for the godly/sinful, which is implied by the idea of original sin, so the whole biblical mass of just-so creation myths and authoritarian you-will-obey-or-be-punished threats collapse without it. Clergy: can be invested in it ("bully pulpit" is a term of art). Oligarchs: much more invested.