A culture's dumbest, vilest and weirdest superstitions has always been the Shibboleth par excellence to distinguish in-group from out-group.
Of course, this only works in a world where this rejection is costly to fake, i.e. where most people keep relying on vile superstition.
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Now, vile superstitions are what OTHERS believe in. What YOU believe in is a beautiful mystery, a superior moral law, a revealed truth, etc.
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