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Proactively Parasocial

15 points by jxmorris12 ago | 2 comments

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What the author is describing sounds a lot like idolatry.

readthenotes1 |root |parent [-]

That's a really good point.

We pray to gods and make sacrifices to them but generally do not interact with them directly. It seems to fit squarely in the definition of parasocial.