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Just like how it was in the old days...
This catering to the rich and wealthy is exactly what caused the pilgrims to come to America (plus other things including the fact the pilgrims were religious extremists themselves). And now it is happening again.
The cycle or Religious bullshit must continue-
Well, that and the 30 Years War, sure.
The problem of lying is as ancient as the advent of human speech. Even if all formalized dogmatism vanished tomorrow, you'd still have people mistaking correlation for causation and developing superstitions and taboos as a result. Jordan B. Peterson is a great example of this in practice. In another time, he'd be a Joseph Smith or L. Ron Hubbard figure.
But, at some level, any individual's cache of information is going to be incomplete. We all rely on the grand game of telephone that is oral and written history. "The cycle of Religion" is just a facet of this cycle of generational retelling of accrued lore. How do you keep the logs accurate and the lorekeepers faithful to accumulated wisdom? Damned if I know. Double-entry book keeping seems to help, but its hardly foolproof.