^ and ^^ Sounds like another temporal power pretending his edicts come from a sacred book and throwing their people in a false dilemma (obey your tyrant or disobey your religion) to rule them better.
We have seen those in the christian world. If they make the people believe you can’t have religion without a ruler, they might be tempted to throw away their religion along with a ruler when they really, really had enough.
^ and ^^ Sounds like another temporal power pretending his edicts come from a sacred book and throwing their people in a false dilemma (obey your tyrant or disobey your religion) to rule them better.
We have seen those in the christian world. If they make the people believe you can’t have religion without a ruler, they might be tempted to throw away their religion along with a ruler when they really, really had enough.