"Many Catholics in Asia, for example, also keep Buddhist practices, along with sympbols of Buddhist deities on the same “god shelves” with figurines of Mary and Joseph, etc., to which all at the same time have incense burned to them, prayers made to them, etc." You keep saying that like you have some sort of cultural orthodoxy requirement for Christianity that you strictly maintain. How does the retention of certain cultural influences of Buddhism in Asia differ from Christians having Christmas Trees, Holly, Yule Logs, Easter Bunnies, Easter Eggs, New Years celebrations, and Thanksgiving Feasts?
“cultural orthodoxy”
CULTURE is the outgrowth of any people’s faith system——ALWAYS. The root word of CULTURE is CULT, obviously, implying religion or a faith system.