God Wants You Dead: Divine Bureaucracy

Not being seen allows a god to have much greater powers without the human analog constantly being bothered to perform miracles. The Priests still get bothered some, but they can simply promise to “put in a good word.” They can also much more plausibly ask for money than can someone claiming to be omnipotent.

- God Wants You Dead
by Sean Hastings and Paul Rosenberg

Middle management enables hierarchy.

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