The use of religious doctrines to "stave off chaos" is well known; theproblem I have with it, though, is that the chaos remains unfaced and unhandled, and the temporary seawall of a stable doctrine with which to ally oneself, and thus fend off confusion, is as bad as deciding to "become your mother" because "she always knew how to handle things" and you were too confused to figure it out. It works temporarily, but the tradeoff is you end up being your mother.

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