• yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Its absolutely supposed to be. But then we came along and got the classic human stink all over it. Everything will be fine after you die as long as you recruit all your friends and do as I say and gimme some money. Might do a Holy War too, stay tuned for that.

    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      I mean, religion is human made, so we didn’t just come along.

      But more importantly is can be both of these things at once, a salve for your existential anxiety and a tool to whip people into a mindless frenzy; nearly any source of profound hope can be used thusly