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Pilgrims and Their Stewards

2 pointsby bandwitchover 3 years ago

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eesmithover 3 years ago
The author seems to have confused &#x27;pilgrim&#x27; with &#x27;traveler&#x27;<p>At least, I don&#x27;t see how to reconcile someone who does (say) the hajj out of religious obligation with the more generic &#x27;some objectives we are wayfaring towards&#x27;.<p>A tourist is also usually wayfarying towards objectives. So is a rally driver.<p>The author similarly redefines having a religion more along the lines of &#x27;dogmatic belief&#x27; - a category so broad that the assertion &quot;I love my wife&quot; might be considered a religion.<p>There is nothing about nuance between a religious pilgrimage, like Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lhasa, or a cultural pilgrimage like the Camino de Santiago ... which is closer to tourism, but (IMO) often not the same thing.<p>I find it hard to think that a Tibetan, moving forward one lying prostration at a time, or a Muslim walking around the Kaaba, would &#x27;thirst for and welcome unflattering comments&#x27;, as the author writes.