re: #140 cenotaphium

Isn’t this just the usual conflation of religious adherence and cultural identity?

Yes of course, although different groups exhibit that to different degrees.

Islam certainly is up there with orthodox Jews at least, and perhaps one can throw in Mormons as well. No doubt it would be interesting to create a points scale defining cultural/social/religious connection strengths (EG, which hand must be used to wipe one’s butt type of dictates);

but I don’t have the time.