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 No.131

Can we talk about something other than basic as fuck chrisitanity?
Underground/lesser known religions welcome for discussion from any pantheon

 No.137

The majority of us are Christian, or at least more familiar with Christianity than most other religions, so its only natural that discussion would tend in that direction.

Regardless, here's an interesting excerpt from a Japanese Buddhist teacher about God, for the sake of sparking conversation:

http://paxisloris.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/the-god-conception-of-buddhism-soyen-shaku/

As a Catholic I found myself agreeing with most of the attributes he gives to God. Not saying that Buddhism is a licit religion or alternative to the One Church, but this Soyen Shaku fellow gets the God thing mostly right, from an ontological perspective.

 No.150

>>131
So, I know from animoo that you go and give an offering, ring the bell, clap, and then pray. But that's about it as far as Shinto goes. What sort of ethics does Shinto hold?

 No.153

>Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves. The realizations of such masters cannot be expressed well in words or by theories. The most perfect actions echo the patterns found in nature.

>The Path of Peace is exceedingly vast, reflecting the grand design of the hidden and manifest worlds. A warrior is a living shrine of the divine, one who serves that grand purpose.


>The Art of Peace does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain peace in our own realms, nurture life, and prevent death and destruction. The true meaning of the term samurai is one who serves and adheres to the power of love.


>The Path is exceedingly vast. From ancient times to the present day, even the greatest sages were unable to perceive and comprehend the entire truth; the explanation and teachings of masters and saints express only part of the whole. It is not possible for anyone to speak of such things in their entirety. Just head for the light and heat, learn from the gods, and through the virtue of devoted practice of the Art of Peace, become one with the Divine.


>The Art of Peace can be summed up like this: True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly! "True victory" means unflinching courage; "self-victory" symbolizes unflagging effort; and "let that day arrive quickly" represents the glorious moment of triumph in the here and now.


-Morihei Ueshiba
http://omlc.org/aikido/talk/osensei/artofpeace/index.html

 No.365

>>131

Germanic Pagan here.

There are a lot of us on 8chan, but I figure we still count.

 No.367

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>>365
and what do you do as a germanic pagan?
do you have rituals?where they come from?
how does your ethos differ from the usual christian ethos?
sorry about the pic. couldn't resist.

 No.429

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Tengrism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengrism
Not much to say.

 No.439

>>429
Reflox is that you?

 No.452

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>>367
>do you have rituals?
The blot is the most common. It's a sacrifice of mead, meat, and blood to the gods. Video showing an example of a blot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSIZY_POZEc

>where they come from?

I think it was Christian scholars that originally recorded them, though i could be wrong.

>how does your ethos differ from the usual christian ethos?

We use the Nine Noble Virtues as guidelines

One may also observe the Havamel in the Poetic Edda to gain insight and wisdom from the words of Odin/Wotan.

 No.453

>>452
Nice virtues, but alas it is still pagan and therefore absolutely disgusting.

 No.492

>>453
What do these 'virtues' even mean? Christianity already has all those covered and it did not need to make them in a neat little list.

 No.496

>>131

Ah, there's a book on Shinto that might help. Shinto Norito, Has prayers and customs and all that.

 No.501

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>>452

Basically what I've gathered from the video you posted.

 No.581

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>>>/esperanto/ here, bringing you Oomoto (Esperanto was adopted by Oomoto in 1923 and practitioners often study it):

http://www.oomoto.or.jp/English/enFaq/indexfaq.html

>Oomoto is a Sectarian Shinto sect and one of Japan’s “New Religions.” (Sometimes it is spelled Omoto and also referred to as Omotokyo.)

>Since the middle of the nineteenth century, hundreds of religious sects, many based on Shinto and some on Buddhism, were founded. Several dozen still exist, a few of them large and thriving. Although Oomoto is not the largest, it is often cited as one of the more influential New Religions for many reasons: it gave birth to several other sects, which spun off from it amicably in most cases; it was an early proponent of interfaith cooperation, which today is widely practiced by Japanese religions; and it had a highly public and sometimes tragic history in its first fifty years.

>Oomoto has no professional priests. Some of the paid workers spend much or most of their time engaged in priest duties at the two headquarters. But in Oomoto anyone can become a priest. Men, women, and children are all eligible to study the doctrine and ritual, and to become certified to practice. Many adult priests started out by learning the ritual in their home shrines, where each family has a monthly service. Most branches have several followers who serve voluntarily for priestly duties at monthly services, weddings, funerals, and other rites.


 No.582

Another big one for Esperanto speakers is Bahá'í Faith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith

>Bahá'í notions of progressive religious revelation result in their accepting the validity of the well known religions of the world, whose founders and central figures are seen as Manifestations of God. Religious history is interpreted as a series of dispensations, where each manifestation brings a somewhat broader and more advanced revelation that is rendered as a text of scripture and passed on through history with greater or lesser reliability but at least true in substance,[20] suited for the time and place in which it was expressed.[21] Specific religious social teachings (for example, the direction of prayer, or dietary restrictions) may be revoked by a subsequent manifestation so that a more appropriate requirement for the time and place may be established. Conversely, certain general principles (for example, neighbourliness, or charity) are seen to be universal and consistent. In Bahá'í belief, this process of progressive revelation will not end; however, it is believed to be cyclical. Bahá'ís do not expect a new manifestation of God to appear within 1000 years of Bahá'u'lláh's revelation.


 No.583

>>582

>The independent search after truth, unfettered by superstition or tradition; the oneness of the entire human race, the pivotal principle and fundamental doctrine of the Faith; the basic unity of all religions; the condemnation of all forms of prejudice, whether religious, racial, class or national; the harmony which must exist between religion and science; the equality of men and women, the two wings on which the bird of human kind is able to soar; the introduction of compulsory education; the adoption of a universal auxiliary language; the abolition of the extremes of wealth and poverty; the institution of a world tribunal for the adjudication of disputes between nations; the exaltation of work, performed in the spirit of service, to the rank of worship; the glorification of justice as the ruling principle in human society, and of religion as a bulwark for the protection of all peoples and nations; and the establishment of a permanent and universal peace as the supreme goal of all mankind—these stand out as the essential elements [which Bahá'u'lláh proclaimed].


 No.585

File: 1439932778444.pdf (1.1 MB, Brother G's Cyclopedia of ….pdf)

I have this from /tg/. You can even go to page 62 and roll up random religions!


 No.589

Most of the hipsters I see walk around with big ass Rosaries hanging from their necks, but they've never been to a Catholic church in their lives.




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