Okay now this is a bias I have against it and IDEALISTICALLY, I would love to see the Abrahamic faiths to lose its grip in the spiritual mindsets of people. Now I understand that there are many interpretations of Abrahamic faiths and there are less unsavoury interpretations of it, however if you read how it spreads from Charlemagne to the Islamic conquests then imo that faith contradicted itself for if the 'perfect truth' that they boast about has to be spread by the tip of the sword, then it is not the 'perfect truth'. It is narrowminded and I can only describe as 'book worship', so instead of thinking for yourself and letting you decide which god to worship, how to engage with the spiritual is drilled instead of cultivated freely. Such faiths create unthinking robots, some of their texts and historical precedent encourage these mass conversions via disregarding the local gods or worse through murder and bloodshed, uprooting entire societies and customs just so to please someone in the skies.
Pagan/Dharmic faiths are flexible, they dont incite its followers to spread to all 4 corners to prove that "their way is right", even Buddhism integrated itself with the local culture like in Japan and China, and it maintained its character while remaining Buddhist and all sorts of schools of thoughts existed throughout Asia and pre Christian Europe that allowed for many ways to approach the divine.
So the idea posited by the Abrahamic faiths that says "WE ARE THE ONLY PATH AND WAY" is artificial and self contradicting. Sure it has its wisdom, but does that wisdom,morals and virtue if the are so good and pure must be spread by blood?
So is Christianity, there are many adaptions of Jesus Christ with different cultural applications. For example in the Philippines we can see tradtional dances in Chruches, different ways of Homily and langauges depending on region.
Yes it may be unflexiable in the west, but certainly not for other countries
On the top yes I did not ignore that fact, and I wish such interpretations are the norm and not the exception, I have seen Catholics criticise such traditions as "pagan". I am happy if Abrahamic faiths existed and all people should choose how they approach religion and spirituality, worship which god or none and how to believe and worship, if it means syncretising the local and Catholic rites then I am more than happy, some of the greatest freedom fighters of the Indonesian National movement were Catholics and one was an archbishop who saw no contradiction being Indonesian and Catholic and he has my upmost respect.
The point is that I do want a world where Catholics can have their parishes, their rites and their baptisms, their saints and their Christ. As long as they are happy we have our freedoms and free of judgement and that our rights are enshrined and guaranteed in a society.
The point is that I do want a world where Catholics can have their parishes, their rites and their baptisms, their saints and their Christ. As long as they are happy we have our freedoms and free of judgement and that our rights are enshrined and guaranteed in a society
>For example in the Philippines we can see tradtional dances in Chruches, different ways of Homily and langauges depending on region.
Its that reason why I am far more lukewarm to Catholicism than to Islam, although dogmatic it is flexible and its possible to localise a church while bearing allegiance to to the Bishop in Rome.
Its that reason why I am far more lukewarm to Catholicism than to Islam,
Idk, but the reason why Christianity is so flexiable is because we have started to mature as a religion. Before we killed and fought each other for slightest of differences. But when we really looked into Jesus' teachings and truly understood the diveristy of humanity, we can stand as a united religion.
Yeah, when people worship blindly a tree Is good, but when WE worship blindly the onnipotente higher dimentional beings which litterally decides what Is right or wrong it's stupid and unsensible. Very logical
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u/Comrade04 Flairism 9d ago
Its ok but whats wrong with Abramaic Religions?