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And scholars, if you read about it, they'll say that there's often a number of markers that reveal when a government will will try to establish a civil religion. We see three of them in our story today. I just wanna highlight them. The in Babylon, we we see that the leaders convince the nation that there's a god given favoritism. They interming intermingle their deity with this moment of worship before the nation. So, in Babylon, there's this underlying belief that Babylon is a chosen nation. There's this assumption that that Babylon is blessed by their deity and uniquely set apart with a special destiny in the world.