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Like, some people have commented that religious extremists in Abrahamic religions seem to hard rush towards ending this world. Because the underlying assumptions is that Earth is not where God is, the height of rationality and the afterlife is where God is. So they would eschew any connection to nature or dependency on nature (whatever things they label as nature).

Whereas this chapter on Yoruba ancestor worship, this thing would be totally bricked if the Earth wasn't around. It won't work if food is not renewable or if there aren't materials to make an Earth-like appearance to the altar but more importantly, the spirits are walking around on Earth, if you are not on Earth then you cannot communicate with them. So there's a lot more inclination for this religion to have respect for the Earth around them

is what I presume anyways, from this little that I've read.