[HN Gopher] The Pilgrim as a Historian
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       The Pilgrim as a Historian
        
       Author : lermontov
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2024-11-23 02:36 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | fujincodes wrote:
       | Pilgrimage is as old as religion itself. It is encouraged in
       | Abrahamic religions, but is a core activity in ancient religions
       | like Hinduism, where there are pilgrimage sights dotted all over
       | India (with some lying as far away as Afghanistan). These are
       | like mini quests; you can do this mission where you visit the 11
       | Krishna sites, or this another mission where you have to reach
       | these 15 sites, but they are all on mountains, and you have to
       | walk 10k steps to reach there...
        
         | graemep wrote:
         | AFAIK I know it is a "core activity" in one Abrahamic religion
         | (Islam)--more so than in any other major religion.
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         | A lot of Christians I know have done some sort of pilgrimage.
         | Quite a few Buddhists too (most of those I know if you count
         | short and easy trips).
         | 
         | I agree it is very common, but I cannot see a correlation
         | between how ancient a religion is and how important pilgrimage
         | is within in it.
        
           | reptation wrote:
           | Before the destruction of the Second Temple, pilgrimage was
           | an important part of Judaism as well.
        
           | PrismCrystal wrote:
           | There are quite a few Muslim peoples who don't recognize the
           | _hajj_ to Mecca as an obligation, such as Nizari Ismailis and
           | Alevi-Bektashis. Even in the Balkans or West Africa among
           | Muslims who ostensibly subscribe to a more "orthodox" Islam,
           | though they might see the hajj as a nice thing, consciousness
           | of it as an obligation may be low.
        
         | Nicook wrote:
         | You're basically reaffirming that religions and religiosity
         | change a lot over time. As faith waxes (no matter the religion)
         | more will go on pilgrimages. I think historic holy sites are
         | rad personally, even though I am not currently religious.
        
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