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I used to think the same thing about priests/leaders, etc.

A bunch of cavemen were sitting around one day and wondered how they could get others to give them stuff, do their hunting....

Let's tell the people we can talk to the gods and arrange favorable treatment. (maybe they made up the gods too).

In exchange you need to feed us, clothe us, house us, etc. And thus the biggest scam in history was started.