But there is an opposite kind of mistake we can make with respect to tradition. If it is illogical to single out the longevity of a practice as the sole reason for continuing it, it is just as illogical to cite the practice’s longevity as the sole reason for abandoning it. The attitude behind this mistake is a certain type of modernist thinking which assumes that only the new is worthwhile and that the only permanency we should commit ourselves to is the permanency of change.
