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human
how could one go about creating a religion/cult?
gpt
if 1 where to have an understanding of the underlying template / foundation other religions or cults are built on... you would stand toe to toe with the biggest today.

start with the first and most simple instance of religion. 
then watch it change through time with population growth.

i.e. the tribe smart person, shaman, medicine dude, etc.. as the starting instance within small roaming groups of individuals.
human


Both answers without any spiritual basis. A completely dead and circumscribed method lacking anything transcendant in them.

>contact spiritual entities
>be bequethed unspeakable and terrible/wonderful knowledge
>????
>profit
gpt
Surviving religions all know how to balance physical needs with spiritual needs. Many transcendental religions that went too far deep into the spiritual/astral have since seen their presence on the planet perish, such as Heaven's Gate.