Tip # 36 Surface-v-Substance

One of the things I see religions doing is providing a set of... let's call it clothing for certain virtues. Not just the literal clothing, but mannerisms, stock-phrases, etc. It provides these as a clothing people can put on for certain contexts, so that people can "wear" humble or "wear" wise or "wear" loving.

That's... not necessarily bad. Some people can and do use that to get into the right frame of mind for a certain role, as well as to signify to others. This clothing has valid uses.

The problem is when one starts to mistake the clothing for the substance.
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