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plutoinlove is saying that a study of history has no relevance to practicing or constructing a spiritual tradition, and that she feels her time spent thus was wasted. I agree that details of civil wars, succession of government leaders, etc. is probably not directly meaningful, but I find myself just flabbergasted at the suggestion that studying the history of a people is irrelevant to practicing a spirituality that you claim takes elements from their cultural milieu. Note that I am not saying you must justify your religion's existence (as she seems to think I am), but that I flat disagree that there is no connection and that time so spent was ill-used.
plutoinlove is saying that a study of history has no relevance to practicing or constructing a spiritual tradition, and that she feels her time spent thus was wasted. I agree that details of civil wars, succession of government leaders, etc. is probably not directly meaningful, but I find myself just flabbergasted at the suggestion that studying the history of a people is irrelevant to practicing a spirituality that you claim takes elements from their cultural milieu. Note that I am not saying you must justify your religion's existence (as she seems to think I am), but that I flat disagree that there is no connection and that time so spent was ill-used.