It's easy to find weirdness in other people, especially people living in other countries. Just look at Catholicism. Since it's universal, all kinds of people populate it and they bring their culture with them. Being from New England, my religious tastes are staid compared to Kenyan Catholics, for example. Church buildings are an example. Look at New England church buildings compared to Italian and Spanish.
Customs are shocking to each other. Filipinos actually crucify each other on Good Friday. Some Catholics in Spain whip each other in parades while wearing hoods.
How about venerating relics?
How about walking on your knees to a sacred spot?
Oh well, some wag once said about Catholicism, "Here comes everybody!" And with everybody is everything.
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