@mds2 I'd say in this case "believe in" is less about acknowledging the existence of the practice, but whether you endorse it or practice it in some way.
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Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 05:20:04 JST Evan Prodromou
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Mike (mds2@arktos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 05:20:06 JST Mike
I'm slightly confused : are you asking whether we believe that ancestor veneration exists in some culture somewhere, or whether it "works" for some interpretation of "works"?
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