“Thus the effectiveness of a doctrine should not be judged by its profundity, sublimity or the validity of the truths it embodies, but by how thoroughly it insulates the individual from his self and the world as it is. What Pascal said of an effective religion is true of any effective doctrine: It must be ‘contrary to nature, to common sense and to pleasure’.” Eric Hoffer

Insofar as hodling inspires people to delay gratification en masse, the Bitcoin standard will align and unite incentives better than any religion ever could.