Is he sincere in saying this, in making this point or his he somehow being ironical in his use of the religious tone ? or the religious register?

他说那些话时，是否诚恳地反应其论点,或他只是故做讽刺,才使用那些宗教论调,或是宗教语言？

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But we do know from living cultures that people do engage in all kinds of ritual and symbolic actions because of genuine beliefs about the importance of those actions, because those rituals and symbols are extraordinarily meaningful to them.

但是我们可以在还活着的文化中知道些什么,它们蕴含在人们做的各种宗教仪式和有象征意义的行为中,因为人们诚恳地相信这些行为的重要性，因为这些仪式和象征对他们来说意义重大。

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