>>149536230 (OP)artistic expression? The desire for people to be like their creator, and create their own worlds? of course.
not to mention that understanding of fiction is extremely useful in the understanding of metaphysical matters and religion. Nerds intrinsically understand concepts like sequels, expansions, not to mention retcons and fanfiction.. so when we meet another faith that sounds kind of like ours, we can look into the history and go "oh you just changed it"
>>149536433well yeah they are preaching a different doctrine, that's for sure.