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Why are some moderates insistent on religious rituals?
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RE: Why are some moderates insistent on religious rituals?
(February 4, 2019 at 11:23 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Ritual and ritual observance is the part of religion that provides tangible benefits, so it's not surprising to see them continue even when they've been divorced from their ideological underpinnings.

We just had one this weekend.  Groundhog day, candlemas, and imbolc are all the same holiday.  Structure, community, continuity.

Last week we helped my bro in law to build a wall. Sturdy and-not-nowing-wtf-we-were doing It went well. We fear Trump might contract us. We could do it in a month with all much wine.
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RE: Why are some moderates insistent on religious rituals? - by LastPoet - February 4, 2019 at 2:49 pm

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