Many may disagree, but I believe 80% of all religious practices have a valid reasoning behind it. It is just our ignorance that makes us think otherwise. And yes there is the 20% that is full of crap. Half the time people do what they do without knowing why they are doing it. When you ask them why we practice this they think you are being difficult or disobedient. Hence the infamous words that we all have heard, ‘when my parents said something I listen I did not question.’ It is not our defiance that instigates the questioning it’s our curiosity.
Understanding is the key to enhancing what we already know and only if we understand we can share what we have learned to others with sheer confidence. So when we ask why tell us, if you give us the reason we don’t have to be told to do it, we will do it ourselves. If traditions die with time don’t just blame the new generation, they are left with no choice but to disregard most practices as superstitions just because you did not ask your parents why you do what you do!
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