Reply to https://twitter.com/LuxAlptraum/status/1595758735301152768?t=4RhU4nsdh8g62oUwVGl19w&s=19

I remember reading somewhere that kosher/halal laws are much less about the laws themselves and much more about the group identity they foster. I imagine the obscurity of Catholic mass fulfills roughly the same function.

What you're saying makes a lot of sense to me.