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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yes, worship and ritual are ways to give people some sense that they have control. Cut the throat of a white bull in the spring, link hands and chant the holy verse just so, and the harvest will be bountiful. Hopefully.
But what’s the alternative in a society where you have no practical way to ensure that the crops won’t fail and the plague won’t come, no way to materially safeguard your wellbeing? Resign yourself to the horror of an indifferent universe?
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Why is an indifferent universe a horror?