It was painful to realize Protestantism is bad
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6@sun@shitposter.world Calling a specific branch of Christianity bad implies that other branches are good. All organized religion is bad actually and only exists to divide us.
@SuperDicq @sun shinto ass nigga
@menherahair@eientei.org @sun@shitposter.world Shinto isn't as bad as most religions, as it's fully decentralized and it doesn't really impact daily life of people that much. I still don't actually believe in it though.
@SuperDicq @menherahair shinto was heavily utilized by the japanese government as a nationalistic state religion to justify racism and imperialism
@SuperDicq @menherahair it's an explicitly ethnic religion btw its 100% tied to japanese islands and ethnicities, there's like two non japanese shinto priests worldwide and they're not recognized by most other shinto
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It's pretty normal in Pagan (ie. non-Abrahamic) religions to have an ethnic focus. But at the same time basically all of them draw influences and incorporate elements including deities and spirits from neighbouring groups. Shinto has a whole slew of kami which originated from China, Korea, India, etc. Even the word "kami" is from "kamuy" which is Ainu. Pagan attitudes towards foreigners varies, with some groups being very insular, and other groups being quite inclusive, even within European Paganism. When there's no central authority to dictate a person's authenticity, it's left up to the specific priesthood/tradition who train and initiate the person. But when a religion gets intertwined with centralised state authority/registration then it can take longer to untangle, especially if subsidies are involved.
https://www.greenshinto.com/2016/05/08/foreign-priests/
It's pretty normal in Pagan (ie. non-Abrahamic) religions to have an ethnic focus. But at the same time basically all of them draw influences and incorporate elements including deities and spirits from neighbouring groups. Shinto has a whole slew of kami which originated from China, Korea, India, etc. Even the word "kami" is from "kamuy" which is Ainu. Pagan attitudes towards foreigners varies, with some groups being very insular, and other groups being quite inclusive, even within European Paganism. When there's no central authority to dictate a person's authenticity, it's left up to the specific priesthood/tradition who train and initiate the person. But when a religion gets intertwined with centralised state authority/registration then it can take longer to untangle, especially if subsidies are involved.
https://www.greenshinto.com/2016/05/08/foreign-priests/
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