What, according to Harari, is the purpose of religion?
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- Investigator Williams, did you get all the information I asked you for?
- Yes, I have the address, names, phone number, as well as his schedule. Just as you asked.
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- I'm on a very important mission.. I'm finding the purpose of religion!
- Detective Benson, may I ask what is all this secretive information for?
- The Next Day...
- This should be it, it's the location investigator William's gave me... 341 Spear St... Dr. Harai's residence... He will provide me with all the answers for this case.
- Thank you, Dr. Harari. I will be quick, I just have one very important: what do you believe is the purpose of religion?
- Wow, we are getting right into it, okay. First I just want to mention that religion has united humankind in many ways.
- Detective, welcome! I have been expecting you, when I heard you were assigned to the case of finding the purpose of religion I knew you were the perfect person.
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- I see... interesting...
- The purpose of religion comes from the imagined social and hierarchy orders. Due to the fact that they are imaginary, they are also fragile. A larger society allows these orders to become more fragile. Here enters religion, religion provides superhuman validity to these imagined and fragile structures.
- Wow! I never thought of it that way... Thank you. I have what I need to solve this case!
- Religion helped placed necessary laws which ensured social stability, Religion is an imaginary order which tells people how to behave and act based on the belief of something superhuman.
- Religion made sure that human laws were followed not only for fear of punishment, but due to morals. They made sure that laws weren't established due to human behavior but due to an absolute and undeniable authority.
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