@snowyfox at that point whoever wrote that has just completely diluted the definition of altar to try to prove some point about how everyone needs religion or something. It's not an altar in any meaningful religious sense. They're not worshipping the person or think the person can appreciate the decorations if they're dead, they're just adorning the picture with nice decorations bc they loved the person and want to associate nice things with them. It's literally just like, basic decoration. I'm so tired of religious people trying to justify being religious by trying to insist that everyone is somehow inherently religious by just redefining everything to be religious. Like why do you need to? Why not just own up to the fact that you've made a choice to believe something. That's cool.