Red Foxes Talking Circle

[Cute Tink]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

I'm thinking I could potentially be Buddhist. I don't know a lot about it, but the people who identify as Buddhist seem to be pretty peaceful and there is no requirement of a deity.

 

[Red Fox]

 

[jacknife]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

i would choose something awesome.....like...how about the old Greek beliefs in Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, etc. that stuffs awesome. E: wait do video game religions count? cuz then i would chose the order from silent hill. i could be an insane cultist from my favorite horror game series!....i wounder if this is a weird desire.

 

[MehGuy]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

I cannot really think of any.

Perhaps a religion I could write on my own.. not sure how I'd believe it, but it would be cool to get lots of followers, lol.

 

[dlamberth]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

I'm drawn to the wisdom traditions. I like a taste of the earth in there too.

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[Jane_the_Bane]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

I am not a big fan of organized world views and their insistence on closing the gates of new insight by declaring that they've already got all the answers, and these are not to be questioned overly much.

That said, there are interesting aspects to several of them that I'd love to get more closely acquainted with:
the indigenous shamanic traditions around the world certainly hold some appeal, as they include mind-altering techniques that have been practiced in pursuit of spiritual insight since pre-history.
Buddhism anticipated some of the insights psychology and the mind sciences only started to grasp within the last hundred years. Its meditative traditions provide a different gate of perception.
Philosophical Daoism is wonderfully holistic, providing a perspective that does not pit Man against Nature and avoids most of the destructive dichotomies that render Western schools of thought so toxic.
And Unitarian Universalism is quite close to what I believe and practice, anyway.

 

[Red Fox]

If I were to choose another spirituality to follow, it would be that of my ancestors.

 

[smaneck]

If I were to choose another spirituality to follow, it would be that of my ancestors.

Makes sense, but isn't there someway you can affirm both? Native American who become Baha'is typically don't have any problem doing this. The only conflicts I can see is that Baha'is shouldn't participate in things like the Peyote ceremony because we avoid mind altering drugs. Kevin Locke for instance, who is a prominent Lakota Baha'i is famous for his hoop dancing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Locke_(musician)

I converted from Christianity to the Baha'i Faith, but I did so because it affirmed my past, not because it rejected it.

 

[Red Fox]

I honestly don't know if there is a way to affirm both or not. I will have to look into it further. I think I will look into the Baha'i religion too. And thank you for the link, by the way. I appreciate it.

 

[Gxg (G²)]

If you were to choose to be a part of different religion, which religion would you choose and why? I'm just simply curious in asking.

Don't know - although it would probably be something in Native American culture, Panentheism when it comes to respecting the world/creation and knowing how inter-connected it all is and all being created by the same Source - the best description being the film Avatar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucU2m2BFk34

People got really upset about others portraying a deity creating the world a Mother - but that really has not been a problem for me when considering the Holy Spirit being Feminine and the concept of God being bigger than we know - and thus, seeing God as Mother is something I don't think I'd have a problem with if growing up in Native American Theology (more shared here).. And others (like George Tinker )have long discussed the varied ways in which Native Theology is multi-faceted and definitely something that should be considered more:

• https://jamestreat.wordpress.com/ma-thesis/

• Ask an Indigenous Theologian (Response)

The mythology within Native American culture is amazing enough...and it would fit me well, seeing that many Native American people consider the Great Spirit and the Christian God to be one and the same.

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Of course, I'd probably also choose to do something in regards to what's found in Eastern religions as well - probably within the world of Buddhism as it concerns how the monks live when it comes to the system of Buddhist Anarchism

 

[Red Fox]

I want to thank everyone for answering my previous question about if they were to choose another religion. I truly appreciate the input.

 

[LoAmmi]

I would most likely be an atheist if I were not practicing Judaism.

 

[Cute Tink]

I'm not against the idea of there being a god out there, I merely don't believe in one and I frankly don't care. My entire basis for not believing comes from the fact that I've never felt one there and I cannot have faith in something that I honestly don't believe exists.

I am open to being wrong, but it would have to be something convincing.

 

[smaneck]

I want to thank everyone for answering my previous question about if they were to choose another religion. I truly appreciate the input.

I didn't chime in here because my religion is so much a part of my identity it is sort of like asking "what would I be, if I were not who I am?" Belief-o-Matic says I'm 100% Baha'i, 99% Sikh, and 98% Reform Jew. Liberal Protestantism, my previous religion, came back a poor fifth which surprised me. But Beleif-o-Matic is predicated on what I already believe. Another religion would infer that I had come to believe something else.

 

[jacknife]

I didn't chime in here because my religion is so much a part of my identity it is sort of like asking "what would I be, if I were not who I am?" Belief-o-Matic says I'm 100% Baha'i, 99% Sikh, and 98% Reform Jew. Liberal Protestantism, my previous religion, came back a poor fifth which surprised me. But Beleif-o-Matic is predicated on what I already believe. Another religion would infer that I had come to believe something else.

i never really thought of this. the idea is fun for someone like me because atheism is an insignificant part of who i am. i never thought how it might actually be hard for someone to imagine themselves as another faith.

 

[Red Fox]

Thoughts?

Native American Activist To File Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Inc (FB) Over ‘Real Name’ Policy

 

[Cute Tink]

The trans community has major problems with this as well. Requirements to use your legal name create challenges for those of us who are not in the position to legally change our names (minors, those unable to afford it, those afraid for their safety if they do).

Facebook wants authentic accounts and I understand that. They are a little paranoid about it though and I know a few people who have been flagged for non-issues.

 

[pdudgeon]

Thoughts?

Native American Activist To File Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Inc (FB) Over ‘Real Name’ Policy

sounds to me like facebook is just trying to 'spin' their justification of the ridiculous policy. Nonetheless they still have egg on their face from this decision.

The bottom line here is not really who a person is. That's a red herring.
The real bottom line as far as advertising is concerned, is whether the people reading facebook have the money to buy what the advertisers are selling.

The criteria for having or not having money is not dependent upon a person's name. but with this policy in place, Facebook is trying to imply that the two (money and identity) are mutually exclusive. And in so doing, they just shot themselves in the foot.

 

[Supreme]

Thoughts?

Native American Activist To File Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Inc (FB) Over ‘Real Name’ Policy

It's a bit silly. Facebook should (and does, largely), represent all human cultures. I don't know why it hasn't extended recognition of Native American names to its inclusive nature.

 

[Red Fox]

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