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The substantive culture that I think I know about in a mosque, church, synagogue, or temple, is ethical guidance and community aid. The other substantive cultural element, although this is not always the case, is a lack of tolerance for groups that strongly hold one of the other sets of beliefs.

They definitely have variations in the nonsense that they use to justify themselves, although it could be argued that there as many similarities as differences.

Whether they sit in the floor or not or what types of songs they sing and when are surface level details to me.

My takeaway from history, geography etc. has always been functional.

>>ilaksh+(OP)
It’s so weird how normally people are loathe to appear ignorant and uninformed, yet there are some topics about which they are proud of their lack of knowledge.

/shrug

>>ilaksh+(OP)
There is no virtue or happiness in being Too-Smart-to-Care about the lives, beliefs, or histories of other people in the world. Its certainly ok not too care, but to feel the need to signal this and imply some kind of superiority with it is a short road to a bitter solipsism.

>>keifer+A
And will make grand, authoritative statements about it immediately before proudly professing their intentional ignorance.