religion usually deviates in brainy and folksy versions of the religion

There are the cerebral people that will explain all the higher level stuff of the religion and they’ll study the texts and all of that.

Then there are the everyday people that are deeply religious, but less analytical.

Both are required to keep a religion going.

Every religion is a technology used to improve our psychological wounds and trauma., 2019-02-25-my-religion-a-stew-of-wonder