This gives the agents of the gods a powerful area of support. All they need to do is … - Desmond Morris

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Morality or duty never yet made a man happy in himself or dear to others.

Desmond Morris

This gives the agents of the gods a powerful area of support. All they need to do is to remind their followers constantly of their mortality and to convince them that the afterlife itself is under the personal management of the particular gods they are promoting. The self-protective urges of their worshippers will do the rest.

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