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YOLISA MKELE | Dating was fun before the algorithm picked your soulmate — Nothing makes dating harder than religion, though not in the way you think. Back when worship was more competitive than your average F1 season and god...

Nothing makes dating harder than religion, though not in the way you think. Back when worship was more competitive than your average F1 season and gods had pantheons, it was generally understood that our divinities were pretty busy. They had giant “world snakes” to kill (Jörmungandr in Norse mythology), oceans to belch forth and cosmic eland to chase across the sky. So, if you wanted a word with them, you needed bribes, enticements and in some cases, seductions...

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