04-28-2021, 06:51 AM
Once in a while, with syncretism, maybe every few years or decades, there's a "focus" on what folks within a nation or culture need to believe. Usually they are socialized (hypnotized) into it with mass communications. 20 years ago, the dominant religious belief had to do with global warming, recently it's probably anti-racism or pro-LGBT. Every new thing syncretists need to focus on that comes along displaces the previous thing, but prior movements are retained and put in the background for most people until it's their time to refocus on it again. It's like a cycle of sacraments.