Original sentence: In observing the interconnected lives of some of the island's most influential residents, John learns that Bokonon himself was at one point a defacto ruler of the island, along with an exiled American naval officer.The ban was simply an attempt to give the religion a sense of forbidden glamour, and it is learned that almost all of the residents of San Lorenzo, including the dictator, practice the faith, and executions are practically non-existent.Though everyone on the island seems to know much about Bokononism, and its founder, Bokonon, the present government calls itself Christian and caught practitioners of Bokononism are punished with death
Edited sentence: In observing the interconnected lives of some of the island's most influential residents, John learns that Bokonon himself was at one point a de facto ruler of the island, along with an exiled American naval officer.The ban was simply an attempt to give the religion a sense of forbidden glamour, and it is found that almost all of the residents of San Lorenzo, including the dictator, practice the faith, and executions are very rare.Though everyone on the island seems to know much about Bokononism, and its founder, Bokonon, the present government calls itself Christian and those caught practising Bokononism are punished with death