Curious about people's boundaries/views of ritual...

[purplerabbit]

[Poll #1270079]

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[tenacious-snail.livejournal.com]

I will attend rituals where I want to support part of it but not the whole of it-- such as a religious wedding of friends whose marriage I wish to support, even if I don't like the religion's teachings on marriage in general. I have attended seasonal festivals where I don't understand the seasonal event in the same way-- but usually where I have enough overlap in understanding that I can do so with a clear conscience.

I also think I do better with single events-- like attending a christening (which I see as about celebrating the new baby) or bar mitzvah (boy becoming man) than about the religious component. I don't think I could manage, for instance, a revival meeting.